
Naval History Archives - 250 and Counting
All Under Heaven Is Chaos–September 7, 1776
<p >…but the situation was not excellent, for the American side, anyway. </p> <p >George Washington got a wake-up call in the form of a letter from Congress. In that letter he was told that it was not a good idea to burn down New York City; what’s more, they weren’t quite so invested in his holding the City as he thought they were. This was a good news/bad news situation for him, since he knew that strategically, the British occupying New York had the potential to be a huge problem, especially if they were able to take t...






