Across
1. Revolutionary War battle fought to prevent George Washington being surrounded on Manhattan Island
4. Historic homestead that was the frequent HQ for General Putnam (2 words)
8. Quill, e.g.
9. The area of Westchester was called “____ ground” during the Revolutionary War
10. What George Washington did to his army (despite setbacks)
12. Cry for help at sea
13. Racket
15. Westchester Creek is one
17. African American hero of the Battle of Brandywine, ___ Hector
18. Top marks
19. English King who lost to the American forces, George ____
21. ____ iron
22. August date when New York signed the Declaration of Independence
25. Colonel who commanded the regiment at Pines Ridge
26. Army rank, abbr.
27. British “Thanks”
28. Rank of 31 Down
30. House in White Plains used by George Washington as his headquarters and base (2 words)
33. Higher
36. Pelt
38. It was born of war
39. With 8 Down, site of the Elijah Miller House, which was used by General Washington as his headquarters in 1776
41. Another name for British troops (2 words)
44. Boat equipment
45. Miracle ___ in Westchester has baseball facilities for the disabled
46. Revolutionary War looters who stole from the civilian population in the Westchester area
Down
1. Revolutionary War battle where the African American First Rhode Island Regiment was attacked (2 words)
2. French king whose forces supported the American Revolutionary Army, ____ XVI
3. First name of a famous duelist who earlier fought under General Putnam in the Revolutionary War
4. Exist
5. Came together, as the French and the Colonists did in the Revolutionary War
6. German mercenaries who fought for the British in the Revolutionary War
7. Your and my
8. See 39 Across
11. Manhattan, for one
14. Complete collection
16. NY time
20. Hard water
21. Revolutionary War artillery piece used in the Battle of White Plains
23. Take testimony
24. Cemetery in Ossining that was a gravesite for Revolutionary War soldiers
27. Zenith
28. First word of “America”
29. One category of officer
31. British major hanged as a spy in Tappan, NY
32. Church in Mount Vernon that was used as a wartime hospital in the Revolutionary War, St.____
34. Peter X. Kelly, for one
35. French “sea”
37. Conger
40. Prof. assistants, abbr.
42. Religious degree
43. Performing
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