276 Soldiers Killed Saved American Army Battle Of Brooklyn

After/during the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776 Washington's army amazingly escaped.  It's considered a bit of a miracle and much surprised the British.  Some, including David McCullough, call it the most important moment/battle of the Revolutionary War.  If Washington's army had not escaped the British probably would have won the war then and there.  "Soldiers from the First Maryland Regiment under Col. William Smallwood" are American heroes as they saved Washington's army.  "Vastly outnumbered, they launched a series of counterattacks that stymied rapidly advancing British forces."  "These soldiers saved the Revolution ."  "As many as 256 Maryland soldiers, almost two-thirds or the regiment, were killed."  "They really did sacrifice themselves...They knew going in they didn't have a great chance of coming out."  No one now knows for sure where the mass grave these soldiers are buried in is located exactly.  Many feel that these soldiers "deserve the same level of veneration accorded the military cemeteries at Gettysburg and Normandy."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/nyregion/historian-points-to-gowanus-brooklyn-lot-as-grave-of-first-maryland-regiment.html?pagewanted%3Dall&_r=0

This monument is located on Lookout Hill in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY: