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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM121V_artillery-and-mortars_West-Point-NY.html
The artillery and mortars in Fort Putnam are reproductions of pieces which were in the fort in September 1780. All fourteen pieces were manufactured through the generosity of the Class of 1952, United States Military Academy, 1974-1976.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM121O_casemates_West-Point-NY.html
Constructed in 1794 after the American Revolution, these casemates were probably intended as living quarters for soldiers, storage areas, and possibly as cells for prisoners. A casemate is defined as an armored compartment or bombproof built under…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM121I_archeology-1974_West-Point-NY.html
In 1974, archeologists from Temple University excavated this general area. They found evidence of a partially completed building, building supplies and traces of earlier walls, as well as smaller artifacts, including three cannon balls. The archeo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM121G_mclean-historical-museum-building_West-Point-NY.html
Constructed in 1975 on top of a 1909 structure, the McLean Historical Museum Building was modeled after the Revolutionary War officer's hut and "The Temple" located at the New Windsor Cantonment (12 miles north of West Point) and designed as a typ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM121C_constitution-island_West-Point-NY.html
The first location of fortifications in Fortress West Point was on the island across the river. Patriot Bernard Romans, Dutch engineer, began building a Grand Bastion on Martelaer's Rock (renamed Constitution Island) in 1775. Poorly sited, it was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1218_constitution-island-redoubts_West-Point-NY.html
Redoubts 5, 6 and 7 were built between 1776 and 1779 to protect Constitution Island batteries and overland approaches. Redoubt 5 (on high ground to right of Warner House) was built in 1779 to protect the island's eastern side and back of Gravel Hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1215_revolutionary-war-fortifications_West-Point-NY.html
Fortifications were constructed with the most readily available materials: earth, stone and wood. Forts, redoubts and batteries were normally built with a dry masonry stone foundation topped with some combination of earth, fascines (bundles of sti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1213_forts-webb-wyllys-and-meigs_West-Point-NY.html
In 1778, three forts were built by Connecticut regiments on the ridgeline east of Fort Putnam. They covered the low ground approach to Fort Arnold along the river, the ridgeline itself, and the low ground between Fort Putnam and the ridge. Fort Pu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120T_the-beverly-robinson-house_West-Point-NY.html
General Benedict Arnold established his headquarters in the Beverly Robinson House (southeast across the river near water tower) while in command at West Point. Arnold was in the house when he learned that his treason was exposed. Fleeing quickly …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120S_western-redoubts-1-2-3-and-4_West-Point-NY.html
In July 1779, General Washington ordered the fortification of hills to the south and west of Fort Putnam because they dominated Fort Putnam and made it vulnerable to attack. Redoubt 1 with two batteries (hill south of Michie Stadium) guarded the m…