A home geography of New York city . th of that borough. The Americans weredefeated at Washington Heights, and the commanding officer at Fort Washington wascompelled to York city wasthe headquarters of theEnglish army for sevenyears. The Americansoldiers captured inBrooklyn and Manhat-tan were placed in chargeof the men who had putNathan Hale to caj)tured in other places were sent here. There werenot enough prisons in the city for so many men, so the City Hall,Columbia College, the churches, business houses, and some worth-less old ships were used as prisons. These
A home geography of New York city . th of that borough. The Americans weredefeated at Washington Heights, and the commanding officer at Fort Washington wascompelled to York city wasthe headquarters of theEnglish army for sevenyears. The Americansoldiers captured inBrooklyn and Manhat-tan were placed in chargeof the men who had putNathan Hale to caj)tured in other places were sent here. There werenot enough prisons in the city for so many men, so the City Hall,Columbia College, the churches, business houses, and some worth-less old ships were used as prisons. These ships were anchoredin the East river. The most famous prison ship was the Jersey,anchored in Wallabout bay. All the prisons were filthy and over-crowded. The jailers were very cruel men. Sometimes the prisoners suffered from thirst and for want offood, and very often they were given water and food unfit forhuman beings. Thousands of American soldiers who died from theeffects of the bad food and the filthy, overcrowded prisons were. West Angle of Fort Washington NEW YUKK AND THE KEVOLUTION 185 buried in Trinity churchyard, and thousands were buried in Brooklyn,near the Navy Yard. The remains of those buried in the NavyYard were removed to the Martyrs tomb in Fort Greene Park. Evacuation Day After peace was declared Washington intended to disband thearmy in New York and then to start for his home in Mount November, when the American army reached Harlem from differ-ent places north of Manhattan, the English were still in the city.
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