. McGown's pass and vicinity : a sketch of the most interesting scenic and historic section of Central Park in the city of New York. Z -Q o ^ I- a, - 2 o J I- X o 4. > o Z ha to « o -:^ X *_ O 00 CD ^ II. McGOWNS PASS IN WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. The commanding position of McGowns Pass on themain north-and-south highway of Manhattan Island, midwaybetween its extremities, and at a point where the encroach-ment of Harlem Creek and marsh narrowed the island to awidth of only about 2,100 yards, gave this place and theadjacent heights dominating Harlem Plain great strategicvalue to the military eng
. McGown's pass and vicinity : a sketch of the most interesting scenic and historic section of Central Park in the city of New York. Z -Q o ^ I- a, - 2 o J I- X o 4. > o Z ha to « o -:^ X *_ O 00 CD ^ II. McGOWNS PASS IN WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. The commanding position of McGowns Pass on themain north-and-south highway of Manhattan Island, midwaybetween its extremities, and at a point where the encroach-ment of Harlem Creek and marsh narrowed the island to awidth of only about 2,100 yards, gave this place and theadjacent heights dominating Harlem Plain great strategicvalue to the military engineer. A British description ofNew York Island during the Revolution refers to McGownsPass as a place where a few troops might stop an army (47). The active military history of the place begins with theoccupation of the Island by the British on September 15,1776, although prior to that date many bodies of troops hadmarched up or down through the Pass, and many a train ofheavy wagons or artillery had plodded by the old tavern onthe way from or to the then distant City. After the American defeat on Long Island, August 27,1776, and the retreat to Manhattan Isla
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