Nathanael Greene

Washington ordered a fort on the Hudson's west side; construction began in July 1776, and it was renamed Fort Lee in September.

The defeat and capture of Continental troops at Fort Washington on November 16, 1776 left Fort Lee defenseless.

On the night of November 19, 1776, 5,000 British troops were ferried across the Hudson on barges, beginning the invasion of New Jersey.

Washington and Greene ordered Fort Lee's evacuation on the morning of November 20, 1776, as British and Hessian forces invaded New Jersey.

The Continental Army's general retreat began along a road now Main Street; during it Thomas Paine published "The American Crisis".

British naval fire routed American militia, letting Howe's troops land unopposed on Manhattan on September 15, 1776.

A skirmish between Knowlton's Rangers and British pickets escalated into a running fight in which the outnumbered British withdrew on September 16, 1776.

Captured while gathering intelligence behind British lines, Continental Army captain Nathan Hale was hanged in New York City on September 22, 1776.

American troops resisted a British and Hessian landing at Pell's Point on October 18, 1776, delaying Howe long enough for Washington's army to reach White Plains.

Howe attacked Washington's fortified position near White Plains on October 28, 1776, driving the Americans from Chatterton Hill and forcing a further northern retreat.

On November 16, 1776, British forces captured Fort Washington, the last American stronghold on Manhattan, gaining the surrender of the garrison's remnant.

After Cooch's Bridge, Washington abandoned Red Clay Creek and deployed at Chadds Ford, guarding multiple fords beginning September 9, 1777.

Armstrong's Pennsylvania militia covered Pyle's Ford; Wayne and Greene held Chadds Ford; Sullivan, Stephen, and Stirling extended northward along the east banks.

Howe demonstrated before Chadds Ford while flanking Washington's right; Knyphausen broke the weakened American center, routing the Continental Army.

After Connecticut Farms foiled Knyphausen's June 7 advance, Knyphausen and Clinton decided upon a second attempt against Washington's army.

On June 23, 1780, British forces advanced but withdrew before newly arriving rebel forces, yielding a Continental victory at Springfield.

Greene deployed 1,500 Continentals and 500 New Jersey Militia at Springfield and Elizabethtown, blocking Knyphausen's route to Hobart Gap.

British losses for the June 7–23 expedition totaled 25 killed, 234 wounded, and 48 missing; militia casualties were reported at ten killed, forty wounded, and ten prisoners.

Greene joined Morgan's troops and Lee's cavalry at Guilford Court House in early February 1781.

British forces defeated the Americans on 15 March 1781, securing the field but suffering heavy losses.