America's First Cover-Up: The Conspiracy Theory Behind Revolutionary War General Enoch Poor's Untimely Death and Burial in Hackensack, New Jersey
In early September of 1780 two soldiers of the line from Massachusetts, Michael Logan and Daniel Power, both hungry and disillusioned with the American cause after years of service in the Continental Army, crossed the Hudson River at Fort Lee, New Jersey, and turned themselves over to British forces stationed in New York City. That August George Washington at the head of an army of 14,000 troops marched south from Orangetown, New York and crossed into Bergen County, New Jersey. Washington is hoping to be able to meet up with a combined French land and naval force heading northward and trap the British in New York City before winter sets in. British Encampments on Manhattan If Washington and his army, along with the French can do so, then perhaps, the combined weight of the Franco-American forces can decimate the main British army encamped around New York City and force Parliament to pressure King George III to finally recog...