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"Throughout the Revolutionary War, Long Island endured a harsh civil war, pitting Loyalist and Patriot neighbors against each other, all under the brutal yoke of a British military occupation. Locals were forced to endure troops camping on their farms and quartering in their houses. Refugees from confiscated lands on both sides of the war never returned home again. British dragoons and Hessian soldiers ingrained fear into the population through public floggings, plundering and martial law. Violent raids and random killings throughout the countryside persisted throughout the era by Patriot sympathizers and errant British militias alike. Author David M. Griffin presents harrowing narratives of life during the British occupation of Long Island."--Page 4 of cover.