Battle of Harlem Heights, September 16, 1776; with a review of the events of the campaign. . In a word, the key to the topography of the sketch is the reference A, or Clintons hollow way at Manhattanville. Dr. Stiles probablyinserted the milestones as a general guide, without pretensions to accu-racy. Judge Hobart could not have directed him, for in that caseDr. Stiles would not have inserted the memorandum above the sketch,already given, that the action began near the fourteenth milestone, orfive miles above Manhattanville. In the matter of distances and topography, Mr. Benedict wasmisled in
Battle of Harlem Heights, September 16, 1776; with a review of the events of the campaign. . In a word, the key to the topography of the sketch is the reference A, or Clintons hollow way at Manhattanville. Dr. Stiles probablyinserted the milestones as a general guide, without pretensions to accu-racy. Judge Hobart could not have directed him, for in that caseDr. Stiles would not have inserted the memorandum above the sketch,already given, that the action began near the fourteenth milestone, orfive miles above Manhattanville. In the matter of distances and topography, Mr. Benedict wasmisled in several important particulars by consulting surveys showingroads and milestones as they stood some years after the instance, the Middle Road, line of Fifth Avenue, did not exist in1776; the eighth milestone was not in Harlem near One Hundred andTwenty-fifth Street; the ninth and tenth milestones were lower downthan he indicates, etc. The correct distances are given in the mapsaccompanying this work. They represent the Revolutionary set in soon after the The Stiles Sketch of the Harlem Action, 1776. EXPLANATION. A. The north side of a hollow way where the action began. B. Fence, behind which the enemy rallied the first time. C. Fence, from whence our people attacked the enemy at B, 150 yards apart. D. No field-pieces, but Virginia detachment enfiladed the enemy. E. Buckwheat field, where the enemy rallied a second time and an action ensued for 1.^ hours, when the enemy fled, and attempt-ing to rally in an orchard at F. Were so closely pursued that they stood but a few minutes when the rout became general. [Original in Library of Yale University. Lettering printed.] SITE OF THE BATTLE-FIELD 117 below Jones, near Strikers Bay, lay three British men-of-war in plain view of many of the combatants. Threedifferent accounts mention them. Lieutenant Hodgkinssays that the enemy got under cover of their ships whichwas in North River. Then our people lef
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