Primary Sources
Miles, Colonel Samuel, An Account of his actions on the left of the American Line at the Battle of Brooklyn, unpublished memoirs.
Wemyss, Major James, Assessment of Lt. Gen. William Howe’s leadership at the Battle of Brooklyn, unpublished memoirs.
Secondary Sources
Bliven Jr., Bruce. Under The Guns New York: 1775-1776. New York: Harper & Row, 1972.
Daughan, George C. Revolution on the Hudson: New York City and the Hudson River Valley in the American War of Independence. First edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Gallagher, John J. The Battle of Brooklyn, 1776. New York: Sarpedon, 1995.
Lewis, Charles H. Cut off: Colonel Jedediah Huntington’s 17th Continental (Conn.) Regiment at the Battle of Long Island August 27, 1776. Westminster, Md: Heritage Books, 2009.
Reno, Linda Davis. Maryland 400 in the Battle of Long Island, 1776. Jefferson: Mcfarland, 2014.
Schecter, Barnet. The Battle for New York: The City at the Heart of the American Revolution. New York: Walker & Co, 2002.
Journal Articles
Procknow, Eugene. Did Generals Mismanage the Battle of Brooklyn? Journal of the American Revolution, April 2017.
https://allthingsliberty.com/2017/04/generals-mismanage-battle-brooklyn/
Web sites
Maryland 400 who served at the battle of Brooklyn
https://msamaryland400.wordpress.com/author/msarevhistory/
Field guide to New Jersey Revolutionary War sites
http://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/index.htm
Tours of Battle Locations
While many Revolutionary War sites are built over or the landscape greatly modified, historians still benefit from seeing the actual locations to better inform their analysis and writing. Finding the sites can be challenging. Here is a New York Times article which is helpful for those wishing to visit the Revolutionary sites in NYC.
Battle of Brooklyn
