contested ground, 10 engagements

New York City: contested ground

The ground around New York City was fought over 10 times between 1770 and 1903: 10 battles. All 10 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

10 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
19 January 1770	Battle of Golden Hill	New York
1775	New York Armory Raid	Federal Hall, New York	American Revolutionary War
27 August 1776	Battle of Long Island	Brooklyn, New York	American Revolutionary War
15 September 1776	Landing at Kip's Bay	Kips Bay, New York	American Revolutionary War
16 September 1776	Battle of Harlem Heights	New York City, New York	American Revolutionary War
16 November 1776	Battle of Fort Washington	New York City, New York	American Revolutionary War
20 November 1776	Battle of Fort Lee	Fort Lee, New Jersey	American Revolutionary War
19 August 1779	Battle of Paulus Hook	Paulus Hook, New Jersey	American Revolutionary War
20 July 1780	Battle of Bull's Ferry	Bulls Ferry, New Jersey	American Revolutionary War
1903	Ariston Bathhouse raid	New York

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.