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An account of the tactical and strategic story of the Battle of Pell's Point, which was fought near St. Paul's Church on Ocotber 18, 1776. A small American brigade fought an important delaying action against a larger British force, helping to cover the retreat of the main body of the American Army from northern Manhattan to White Plains. Men in Bronze: Commemorating the Revolutionary War at St. Paul's. Explore the story behind a metal plaque affixed to the church that memorializes 13 men buried in the history cemetery who helped achieve the success of the American Revolution. The Revolutionary War "neutral ground" of Westchester County "The Main body at the Church": St. Paul's and the Revolutionary War Exlore the story behind a a bronze plaque installed at St. Paul's in 1911 that reflecfts an earlier understanding of venerating the church's history.
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