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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEQN_150-pounder-armstrong-gun-captured-at-fort-fisher-north-carolina-january-15-1865_West-Point-NY.html
Rifled muzzleloading gun made in 1864 by Sir W.G. Armstrong & Company, England, said to have been a gift from private donors in England to the Confederacy. A major weapon in the armament of Fort Fisher, Wilmington, North Carolina, it was captured …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEQL_fort-clinton_West-Point-NY.html
Fort Clinton was built in 1778 by troops of the Continental Army. It was originally named Fort Arnold after Benedict Arnold, the hero of early Revolutionary War campaigns. The fort retained its original name until Colonel Arnold deserted to the Br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEQA_wars-that-shaped-the-nation_West-Point-NY.html
On 25 April 1898, Congress declared war against Spain after the USS Maine blew up under mysterious circumstances in the port of Havana, Cuba. The U.S. raised an expeditionary army to liberate Cuba and the Philippines from Spanish rule. After a sha…
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The Mexican War increased the nation's size by over 20 percent and continued the rapid territorial expansion of the United States. In 1846, after a number of incidents along the border between Texas and Mexico, the United States declared war again…
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The United States declared war on Great Britain in June 1812 after several years of tension stemming primarily from disputes over the British blockade of France during its wars with Napoleon. At first, attention focused on American efforts to inva…
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In 1775, American minutemen at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, fired the "shots heard around the world." The colonists fought the British to establish their independence from New York to Georgia and from Massachusetts Bay to the Indian terri…
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEOY_west-point-in-the-american-revolution_West-Point-NY.html
The history of West Point in the American Revolution began in May 1775 when George Washington and other Americans recommended that the Hudson River be blocked to prevent the British from using the waterway to strike into the interior of New York o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEOS_sherburnes-redoubt_West-Point-NY.html
In 1778, Colonel Henry Sherburne's Regiment built a redoubt (a small enclosed work used to fortify hilltops, passes, etc.) in this general vicinity to cover the rear of Fort Clinton - - the main fortification covering the Great Chain and the river…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEON_constitution-island_West-Point-NY.html
In 1775, the first American patriots occupied Martelaer's Rock (across the river) and soon renamed it Constitution Island after the British Constitution. In 1775, the Americans built Romans' Battery on the island - still visible at the river line …