Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound
LONG ISLAND SOUND. With Long Island to the south and Connecticut to the north, the Sound—one hundred miles by twenty miles—figured not only in such regular military operations as Tryon's Danbury raid, the Connecticut coast raid, and Arnold's New London raid, but also in the partisan activities known as "whaleboat warfare."
SEE ALSO Connecticut Coast Raid; Danbury Raid, Connecticut; New London Raid, Connecticut; Whaleboat Warfare.
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