1776
BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS
British Grenadiers and Line Infantry in the October 1976 reenactment of the 1776 Battle of White Plains, which occurred during the American War of Independence, from 1775 to 1783.
THE
HISTORICAL BATTLE
THE
BATTLE BEGINS IN SCARSDALE
THE
ATTACK ON CHATTERTON'S HILL PART I
THE
ATTACK ON CHATTERTON'S HILL PART II
THE
ACTION AT MERRITT HILL
THE
ACTION AT MILLER HILL
GENERAL
WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS
GENERAL
HOWE'S HEADQUARTERS
THE
BRITISH ENCAMPMENT IN SCARSDALE
THE
REENACTMENTS
AMERICAN
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RELICS
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Outcome: British victory. The American Army blocking the British advance, from Eastchester, was forced to retreat northward, from White Plains.
British Army
Command: General
Sir William Howe.
Forces: 4,000
British and Hessians troops, from an army of about 14,000 troops.
Casualties: 35
killed, 120 wounded, and 1 missing. Other sources have reported the casualties
as falling between 180 and 313, and Hessian casualties at 12 killed,
62 wounded, and 2 missing.
American Army
Command: General
George Washington.
Forces: 1,450
to 1,600 troops, from an army of about 14,500.
Casualties: 28
killed and 126 wounded. Another source has reported the casualties as 25
killed, 52 wounded, and 16 missing.
The historical Battle of White Plains took place on Monday, October 28, 1776, between a British Army, under the command of General Sir William Howe, and an American Army, under the command of General George Washington. About 4,000 British and Hessian troops, from a force of about 14,000 troops, were engaged in this battle with about 1,450 to 1,600 American troops, from a force of about 14,500 troops. This battle ended with a British victory, when British and Hessian troops, advancing from their encampment in Eastchester, forced the American troops defending Chatterton's Hill (now Battle Hill), in White Plains, about six miles away, to retreat, northward.
THE
BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS
HISTORIC
BATTLE HILL
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MAP OF THE BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS BATTLEFIELD
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TERRASERVER AERIAL IMAGE OF THE WHITE PLAINS BATTLEFIELD
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TERRASERVER TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE
WHITE PLAINS BATTLEFIELD
Chatterton's Hill, from Charles Coffin's The Boys of '76, which was published in 1876. |
A vintage post card, from around 1910, showing the village of White Plains, as seen from Chatterton's Hill, the site of the Battle of White Plains. The British positioned their artillery on the hill in the center of the photo and their artillery barrage lasted for about an hour. |
