horen's

Updated: July 10, 2025

His right was at Horen's Hook on the East river, and his left reached the North river near Bloomingdale; so that his encampment extended quite across the island, which is, in this place, scarcely two miles wide; and both his flanks were covered by his ships. The strongest point of the American lines was at Kingsbridge, both sides of which had been carefully fortified.

John Marshall - The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 : Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War : which Established the Independence of his Country and First : President of the United States