Evacuation Site - Fulton Landing

Evacuation Site - Fulton Landing (HMKK4)

Location: Berne, NY 11201 Kings County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 42.25', W 73° 59.448'

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Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

Near this location, the American army retreated across the East River to Manhattan after its disastrous defeat in the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776.

Badly outnumbered and cornered by British troops under the command of General William Howe, the Americans were on the brink of annihilation when Washington pulled off a daring nighttime withdrawal. At sundown on August 29, 1776, he quietly moved the remnants of his army, some 9000 men, down from Brooklyn Heights to the Brooklyn ferry landing. Throughout the night, covered by a thick fog, a regiment of fishermen from Salem and Marblehead, Massachusetts, carried the men across to New York in rowboats, barges, sloops, and canoes.

When the sun came up on August 30, 1776, Howe discovered to his astonishment that Washington had escaped to fight another day. Instead of ending in the hills and fields of Brooklyn, the Revolutionary War would continue for another seven years.
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HM NumberHMKK4
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Placed ByNew York State
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Date Added Saturday, October 25th, 2014 at 8:17pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 585254 N 4506407
Decimal Degrees40.70416667, -73.99080000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 42.25', W 73° 59.448'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 42' 15.00" N, 73° 59' 26.88" W
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Area Code(s)718, 917, 347, 212
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 65 Plymouth St, Berne NY 11201, US
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