Battle of Fort Slongo

Battle of Fort Slongo Part of the American Revolutionary War Date October 3, 1781 Location Fort Salonga, New York Coordinates: 40°54′45″N 73°18′3″W / 40.91250°N 73.30083°W / 40.91250; -73.30083 Result American victory Belligerents  United States  Great Britain Commanders and leaders Benjamin Tallmadge Strength 100 infantry[1] 80–140 infantry[1] Casualties and losses 1 wounded[1] 21 captured[1]

Northern coastal theater Fairhaven 1st Machias Gloucester Falmouth Block Island Turtle Gut Inlet Fort Cumberland Ridgefield Sag Harbor St. John River 2nd Machias Setauket Mount Hope Bay Newport Grey's raid Chestnut Neck Little Egg Harbor Tryon's raid (Norwalk) Penobscot Expedition Fort St. George Cape Breton Cape Ann Groton Heights Fort Slongo Halifax Lunenburg

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 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.

The only American wounded in the battle was Sgt. Elijah Churchill who would personally be awarded a Badge of Military Merit by George Washington making him the first person to receive a Purple Heart.^[1]

References

• Mather, Frederic (1913). The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon. OCLC 2613390. 
• Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Volume 29