Battles – City of Smoke https://www.cityofsmoke.com New York in History and Anecdote Sat, 26 Dec 2015 01:58:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Sheridan’s Ride https://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/1075 Sat, 07 Feb 2015 01:03:42 +0000 http://www.cityofsmoke.com/?p=1075 Continue reading "Sheridan’s Ride"]]> Haughty Bill, Fighting Cock of the Army https://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/808 https://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/808#respond Wed, 04 Feb 2015 01:53:38 +0000 http://www.cityofsmoke.com/?p=808 Broadway and Fifth Avenue meet between 23rd and 25th Streets, across from Madison Square Park. North of the intersection stands a marble obelisk. On bands around the shaft are names of battles and wars: Monterey, Chapultepec, Chippewa, Molina del Rey, Churubusco, Contreras. On its southern face is a bronze relief]]> https://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/808/feed 0