The Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn)

We are staying in Brooklyn at 5th Avenue and 4th street, not far from the Old Stone House.  In August of 1776, during the battle of Long Island, a group to 200 Marylanders, led by Mordecai Gist.  Only 9 survivors, including Mordecai.  However, the ferocity of their attack   helped delay the British and Hessian soldiers long enough for Washington to escape across the east river in a pouring rain.  Gist had served with Washington during the French and Indian war, and survived the war.

There are some historical plaques in Prospect Park, the center of a lot of the fighting.
The Dunbar Oak, felled by American Troops and used for cover as they defended the Battle Pass.  But then the British army came in from behind as the colonials were routed, and an army of 2000 colonials was annihilated by a British army of 5000.

DunBar Oak plaque

Battle Pass Plaque