The Stone House At Gowanus, Scene of the Battle of Long Island
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In any case, one of the most heroic battles of the Revolutionary War was fought that day, and on soil once an Im- perial gift to the American general's kinsman. Stirling's gallantry in the face of what he must have known to be overwhelming odds 77 THE STONE HOUSE AT GOWANUS was evidenced in the words he spoke after forming the men for battle; he referred to a speech which, while in England, he had heard delivered on the floor of the House of Lords by this same General Grant against whom they we...re proceeding to march. In this speech Grant had averred that, given five thousand men, he could drive all disafifected Americans clear across the continent. Stirling, referring to this speech, said to his men: "He may have his five thousand men with him now; we are not so many, but I think we are enough to prevent his advancing further over the continent than this mill-pond." According to Field, the tide-mills of Brook- lyn "formed one of the most striking and char- acteristic features of the scenery.
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