American Leviathan

American Leviathan

The Worst Day

November 16, 1776: Washington watched nearly three thousand of his men surrender, and he had been warned

Sep 24, 2026
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Fort Washington sat on the highest ground on the northern end of Manhattan Island, looking down on the Hudson, and it was named after the man who would lose it.

By November of 1776 it was the last Ame…

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