Battle of Harlem Heights

Battle of Harlem Heights
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date September 16, 1776 Location Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York Result American victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
George Washington Thomas Knowlton  † Nathanael Greene	Alexander Leslie William Howe
Strength
1,800	5,000
Casualties and losses
30 killed 100 wounded	92–390 killed and wounded

Coordinates: 40°48′32″N 73°57′22″W / 40.809°N 73.956°W / 40.809; -73.956

The Battle of Harlem Heights was fought during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The action took place in what is now the Morningside Heights and east into the future Harlem neighborhoods of northwestern Manhattan Island in what is now New York City on September 16, 1776.

The Continental Army, under Commander-in-Chief General George Washington, Major General Nathanael Greene, and Major General Israel Putnam, totaling around 9,000 men, held a series of high ground positions in upper Manhattan. Immediately opposite was the vanguard of the British Army totaling around 5,000 men under the command of Major General Henry Clinton.

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