Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was a miracle of deliverance. Orders had gone out to military officers to collect “every kind of watercraft … that could be ...

It was a miracle of deliverance. Orders had gone out to military officers to collect "every kind of watercraft … that could be kept afloat and had either oars or sails," to slip roughly 9,000 men ...

An illustration depicting Gen. George Washington directing the retreat of the Continental Army across the East River, Aug. 29, 1776. (Interim Archives/Getty Images) It was a miracle of deliverance.