SITE OF THE DONGAN OAK REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL

AT THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND THE AMERICANS HAD A REDOUBT WITH TWO GUNS, TO GUARD THE OLD VALLEY GROVE ROAD, WHICH RAN IN FRONT OF THIS MONUMENT. BY THAT ROAD STOOD A WHITE-OAK. THIS TREE WAS CUT DOWN AND THROWN ACROSS THE ROAD. WITH THE DENSE WOODS ON THE SOUTH AND SWAMPS ON THE NORTH, IT MADE AN IMPORTANT OBSTRUCTION. AMERICANS, COMMANDED BY GENERAL SULLIVAN, VALIANTLY DEFENDED THIS POSITION AGAINST THE HESSIAN GENERAL DE HEISTER, UNTIL ATTACKED FROM THE REAR BY BRITISH TROOPS, UNDER GENERAL CLINTON, THEN THEY RETIRED IN GOOD ORDER, BRINGING OFF THEIR ARTILLERY.