Dispatches From - Valcour Island
On October 11, 1776, Benedict Arnold hid his fleet in the narrow channel behind Valcour Island, so the British sailed past him and had to fight their way back against the wind. They fought until dark, and that night Arnold slipped through the British line in the fog. Two days later he burned the last of his ships in what is today called Arnold’s Bay, possibly the only place in the country that carries his name. After taking Crown Point late in the fighting season, the British turned back to Canada.
Dispatches From Brooklyn
On August 27, 1776, General William Howe marched his army around the American left in the dark and attacked at daybreak from the rear. The line broke, and a few hundred Maryland and Delaware men held at Gowanus Creek long enough for the rest to get away.
Dispatches From Gloucester
On August 8, 1775, HMS Falcon chased two schooners into Gloucester harbor. Captain John Linzee sent his boats in, the townspeople fought back, and he tried to burn the town. He failed, and lost his boarding party.
Dispatches From Lexington
How the Massachusetts Spy and a British broadside reported the Battle of Lexington — two accounts of one morning, photographed at the 2026 reenactment.