ARP253 Connecticut Farms

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

While awaiting General Clinton's return from Charleston, New York's commanding officer, Hessian General Wilhelm von Knyphausen launches a raid into New Jersey, fighting the Americans at the town of Connecticut Farms. Also, Navy Captain James Nicholson of the Trumbull, tangles with the British Privateer Watt. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield, 1780, by Edward Lengel. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, Major-General in the Army of the United States during the Revolution: with selections from his correspondence, By Wm Duer: https://archive.org/details/lifeofwilliamale00duerw Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	This week episode 253, the Battle of Connecticut Farms.
0:52.0	We last left the main armies around New York City in
0:54.9	episode 246 in the spring of 1780. For nearly four years Washington had kept his
1:02.0	main army just outside of New York City,
1:04.9	waiting for an opportunity to recapture what he had lost.
1:08.8	Britain, of course, had captured New York City and the surrounding islands in 1776, but since then had seen almost
1:16.2	no success in being able to expand outside of the city and permanently occupy the region
1:22.3	around it.
1:23.6	The British had used New York as a base
1:26.0	to launch other major offensive,
1:28.3	such as the capture of Philadelphia
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