11-16-1776 “The misfortune of losing Fort Washington, with between two and three thousand men, will reach you before this, if it has not already,” Nathanael Greene writes to Henry Knox about the devastating loss of Fort Washington in NY. Greene had joined George Washington with 2 other generals to scout for a new position, which led them to cross the river. Just as they stepped into the boat, the British appeared on a nearby hill and began to fire. “There we all stood in a very awkward situation,” Greene recalls. “But his Excellency thought it best for us all to come off together, which we did, about half an hour before the enemy surrounded the fort.” http://ow.ly/i/eEWQi