Battle of Fort Slongo

Battle of Fort Slongo
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
	; Historic marker for the Battle of Fort Slongo, along eastbound New York State Route 25A on Smithtown's side of Fort Salonga, New York
Date	October 3, 1781
Location	Fort Salonga, New York40°54′45″N 73°18′3″W
Result	American victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
	Benjamin Tallmadge; Lemuel Trescott
Strength
100 infantry	80–140 infantry
Casualties and losses
1 wounded	4 killed; 2 wounded; 21 captured

The Battle of Fort Slongo (also spelled Salonga) was fought on October 3, 1781 between American Continental Army forces, under the command of Benjamin Tallmadge and Lemuel Trescott, and the British defenders of Fort Salonga, in the American Revolutionary War. The fort was located near the border of present-day Huntington Township and Smithtown, New York, overlooking Long Island Sound.

Norwalk

Location of battle within New York and Norwalk, the disembarkation point of the Americans

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