“The New York Naval Yard” One of New York’s most terrifying historical contributions during the Revolutionary War were the British prison ships located off Wallabout Bay in what today is Brooklyn[1]. The horrors of the ships included rampant disease, beatings, and gross mistreatment and neglect of American patriots, including the HMS Jersey, …
Category: Civil War New York
New York in the Civil War
The American Civil war was a conflict in which almost a million Americans died fighting each other. Every single part of the nation was affected deeply, some more than others. Yet one of the most interesting histories of the American Civil War comes from New York City. A city made up of hundreds of different …