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March 1776: After a year of relentless siege, the British army, unable to break the stalemate, evacuated Boston, Massachusetts, and sailed for refuge and refitting in Nova Scotia. Although driven from the American colonies, the British army's military resolve remained strong.
Ready to re-engage in military operations in the American colonies, British leadership focused on the city of New York.
The second-largest city in the colonies and a major center of trade, New York was a hive of Loyalist sentiment. As American delegates gathered in Philadelphia to declare independence in the summer of 1776, Great Britain dispatched the largest expeditionary force the world had ever seen to New York City. Totaling more men than the population of any city in the American colonies, 32,000 British and Hessian soldiers and sailors converged on New York Harbor. Only 23,000 American Continentals, militia, and the burgeoning leadership of George Washington stood to defend the city. “[T]he fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army,” Washington declared. These defenders were resolved to “Conquer or Die.”
While word of declared independence swept to the far reaches of the colonies, so too did the winds of hope. So, too, did despair. Over the course of the late summer and fall, Washington’s brave army suffered defeat after defeat across New York and New Jersey. Could independence stand as the Continental army fell?
In Conquer or Die: The 1776 New York Campaign, historians Mark Maloy and Dan Welch not only describe the ferocious fighting around New York, they also take readers across the five boroughs to where the action happened. Though many of these pivotal battlefields are unrecognizable today, they still stand as hallowed ground where hundreds of Patriots shed their blood fighting for the cause of American freedom. Discover the hidden Revolutionary War history of old New York in <i>Conquer or Die</i>.
Mark Maloy is a historian with degrees in History from the College of William and Mary and George Mason University. A frequent tour guide and lecturer on American history, he has worked at numerous public history sites and archaeological digs for the past twenty years. A regular contributor to Emerging Revolutionary War, he is the author of "Victory or Death: The Battles of Trenton and Princeton," and "To the Last Extremity: The Battles for Charleston." He is a Revolutionary War reenactor and resides in Stafford, Virginia, with his wife Lauren and their sons, Sam, Thomas, and Charlie. / / Dan Welch is a Park Ranger at Gettysburg National Military Park. He is the co-author of several books on the American Civil War, part of the Emerging Civil War Series, as well as co-editor of several volumes in the Emerging Civil War’s 10th Anniversary Series. Dan is also the editor of the long-running "Gettysburg Magazine" and previously served as the series editor for the Emerging Revolutionary War Series. He is a regular contributor to both Emerging Revolutionary War and Emerging Civil War. Author of numerous published essays, articles, and book reviews, this is his first work on the American Revolution. He resides near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
