Field. The Battle of Long Island, with preceding Events & the American Retreat

Field, Thomas W. The Battle of Long Island, with connected preceding Events, and the subsequent American Retreat. Introductory Narrative, with Authentic Documents (Memoirs of the Long Island Historical Society, vol. II.). Brooklyn, N. Y.: Published by the Society, 1869. First Edition. [9071] Green pebble cloth, titles in gilt to spine, 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches, corner tips frayed, top page edge gilt. xiii., ix., 549 pp., some small pencil notations, this copy lacks the two battle plans but has three plates; the volume is a bit shaken. Good. Hardcover. The main sections are Revolutionary Measures Resisted; Expeditions against the Loyalists of Queens County; Partisan Warfare and Loyalist Leaders; The Invasion; The Battles of Flatbush, Gowanus and Brooklyn; The Siege of Brooklyn; The Retreat; General Nathaniel Woodhull; Documents [over 200 pp. of reproduced documents]; List of Documents; Index; List of Illustrations.Thomas Warren Field (1820-1881), b. Onondaga Hill, NY; d. Williamsburgh, NY.