Lloyd's Neck, Long Island, New York
Lloyd's Neck, Long Island, New York
LLOYD'S NECK, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. 5 September 1779. With 150 dismounted dragoons, Major Benjamin Tallmadge left Shippan Point, near Stamford, Connecticut, and surprised 500 Tories at this place (due south of Stamford). He returned before dawn on the 6th with most of the garrison as prisoners and without having lost a man.
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