Battle of Staten Island

Battle of Staten Island
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Battle of Staten Island
Date August 22, 1777 Location Staten Island, New York Coordinates: 40°34′34.61″N 74°8′41.42″W / 40.5762806°N 74.1448389°W / 40.5762806; -74.1448389 Result British tactical victory Strategically unimportant
Belligerents
United States 2nd Canadian Regiment	Great Britain Loyalists Waldeck Ansbach
Commanders and leaders
John Sullivan	John Campbell Cortlandt Skinner
Strength
1,000 regulars	900 regulars 400 provincial militia
Casualties and losses
10 killed 20 wounded 150–259 captured	5 killed 7 wounded 84 missing

 United States

 Great Britain

John Campbell

The Battle of Staten Island was a raid by Continental Army troops under Major General John Sullivan against British forces on Staten Island on August 22, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. After British Lieutenant General William Howe sailed with most of his army from New York in July, the Americans recognized that the British position on Staten Island was vulnerable, and planned an attack.

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