Battle of Fort Slongo | |||||||
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Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
Historic marker for the Battle of Fort Slongo, along eastbound New York State Route 25A on Smithtown's side of Fort Salonga, New York | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Great Britain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Benjamin Tallmadge Lemuel Trescott | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
100 infantry[1] | 80–140 infantry[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 wounded[1] |
4 killed 2 wounded 21 captured[2] |
The Battle of Fort Slongo (also spelled Salonga) was fought on October 3, 1781 between American Continental Army forces, under the command of Benjamin Tallmadge and Lemuel Trescott,[2] and the British defenders of Fort Salonga, in the American Revolutionary War. The fort was located near the border of present-day Huntington Township and Smithtown, New York, overlooking Long Island Sound.
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