Battle of Fort Slongo

Battle of Fort Slongo
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
	; Historic Marker for the "Battle of Fort Slongo," along eastbound New York State Route 25A on the Town of Smithtown side of Fort Salonga, New York. This view also includes an IGA supermarket on the southeast corner of Route 25A and Bread-and-Cheese Hollow Road (Suffolk County Road 4).
Date	October 3, 1781
Location	Fort Salonga, New York40°54′45″N 73°18′3″W / 40.91250°N 73.30083°W
Result	American victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
	Benjamin Tallmadge
Strength
100 infantry	80–140 infantry
Casualties and losses
1 wounded	21 captured

The Battle of Fort Slongo (also spelled Salonga) was fought on October 3, 1781 between American Continental Army forces, under the command of Benjamin Tallmadge, and the British defenders of Fort Salonga, in the American Revolutionary War. The fort was located near the border of present-day Huntington Township and Smithtown, New York, overlooking Long Island Sound.

The only American wounded in the battle was Sgt. Elijah Churchill who would personally be awarded a Badge of Military Merit by George Washington making him the first person to receive a Purple Heart.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "The Badge of Military Merit: Purple Heart of the American Revolution". Connecticut Sons of the American Revolution. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

Mather, Frederic (1913). The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon. OCLC 2613390.
Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Volume 29

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[Purple_Heart-1] "The Badge of Military Merit: Purple Heart of the American Revolution". Connecticut Sons of the American Revolution. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

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v t e Huntington, New York
County	Suffolk
Villages	Asharoken Huntington Bay Lloyd Harbor Northport
CDPs	Centerport Cold Spring Harbor Commack Dix Hills East Northport Eatons Neck Elwood Fort Salonga Greenlawn Halesite Huntington Huntington Station Melville South Huntington West Hills
Other areas	Crab Meadow Half Hollow Hills Vernon Valley Wincoma

v t e Town of Smithtown, New York
County	Suffolk
Villages	Head of the Harbor Nissequogue Village of the Branch Village of the Landing (former)
CDPs	Commack Fort Salonga Hauppauge Kings Park Lake Ronkonkoma Nesconset Smithtown St. James
Other areas	North Smithtown San Remo Smithtown Pines

v t e New York in the American Revolution
1765	Sons of Liberty First Liberty poles erected Stamp Act Congress
1770	Battle of Golden Hill
1775	Capture of Fort Ticonderoga Invasion of Canada
1776	New York and New Jersey campaign Battle of Long Island New York Prison Ships begin Submarine attack in New York Harbor Staten Island Peace Conference Landing at Kip's Bay Battle of Harlem Heights Great Fire of New York Execution of Nathan Hale Battle of Valcour Island Battle of Pell's Point Battle of White Plains Battle of Fort Washington
1777	Meigs Raid Saratoga campaign Siege of Fort Ticonderoga Battle of Fort Anne Siege of Fort Stanwix Battle of Oriskany Battle of Bennington Battle of Setauket Battle of Staten Island Battle of Freeman's Farm (1st Saratoga) Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery Battle of Bemis Heights (2nd Saratoga)
1778	Setauket Spy Ring launched Battle of Cobleskill West Point established Attack on German Flatts Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga Carleton's Raid Cherry Valley massacre
1779	Battle of Stony Point Battle of Minisink Sullivan Expedition Battle of Newtown Boyd and Parker ambush
1780	Battle of Young's House First Purple Heart Arnold–André conspiracy exposed Battle of Klock's Field Battle of Fort St. George
1781	HMS Culloden runs aground at Montauk Washington calls off invasion of New York Battle of Fort Slongo Battle of Johnstown
1782	Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh Newburgh letter
1783	Newburgh Conspiracy British evacuate New York Washington's Farewell to His Officers