Patrick K. O'Donnell
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672 appearances
8 recordings
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first heard Oct 2025
last heard 29 Aug
Patrick K. O'Donnell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And then if uh the battle of Brooklyn unfolds.
Bulk of Washington's army is out on the Juanas Heights, Freewood Cemetery.
There were four passes
The fourth pass was only guarded by five horsemen.
They were quickly apprehended, and Lord Howe and Henry Clinton went through the Jamaica Pass in a giant flanking maneuver.
And it was at this point in the morning that Morgan Gist of the Maryland 400, who was the major at the time, the second in command, is rousted by the shots that are fired.
And they moved towards Freeman Cemetery, Lord Stirling, and all the men.
And it's here that they do battle with General Grant and his four thousand men.
And they hold their ground at Greenwood Cemetery.
But for hours.
Cornwallis' group and Howe's group are are going through Jamaica Pass and flanking flanking the the American position.
And it's here to their utter horror that they realize that they are being surrounded and they have to fight their way back to the Stone House which is a few blocks down the road.
And it's here that they do battle, they have to fight in files, their companies are separated.
And it's it's utter chaos.
able to attack the fortifications in Brooklyn Heights with the combined wings of their armies, they can destroy Washington's army, then right then and there, potentially capture Washington and end the Revolutionary War.
But here Lord Sterling gathers five companies of Marylanders and they make an epic series of bayonet charges at the Stone House that is occupied by Cornwalls.
This rear guard action allows the bulk
of the American army to flee and escape through laws create
in the milk pond and and gives you the safety of the American lines, the perceived safety.
Because what happens is it's an hour more precious in our history than any other, as a contemporary or historian would say.
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