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Battle of Long Island. Retreat of the Americans under Gen. Stirling, across Gowanus Creek [1776] – Vintage Print

Battle of Long Island. Retreat of the Americans under Gen. Stirling, across Gowanus Creek [1776] — antique engraving
Battle of Long Island. Retreat of the Americans under Gen. Stirling, across Gowanus Creek [1776]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare antique engraving captures Battle of Long Island. Retreat of the Americans under Gen. Stirling, across Gowanus Creek [1776] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Battle of Long Island. Retreat of the Americans under Gen. Stirling, across Gowanus Creek [1776]

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Few episodes of the Battle of Long Island were as costly as the rearguard stand at Gowanus Creek, where Gen. William Alexander, Lord Stirling, held the line with Maryland troops while the main American army withdrew. This engraving, after a painting by Chappel published in Spencer's *History of the United States*, depicts that retreat across the creek during the 1776 fighting. Stirling's men were heavily outnumbered, and many were captured or killed, but their resistance bought Washington time to evacuate the bulk of his army from Long Island to Manhattan.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SubjectsEngraving after painting by Chappel in Spencer, History of the U.S., v. 1, p. 432-33. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: New York--Long Is.; US Hist.; PI; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,283 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126916

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