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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Q1_enlisted-mens-officers-barracks_Highland-Falls-NY.html
The long foundation to the left was a barracks for enlisted men. The short foundation on the right housed the fort's senior officers and served as a commissary for storing food provisions. Items stored here were controlled and carefully guarded. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Q0_barracks_Highland-Falls-NY.html
You are looking at the foundation of a barracks built in the summer of 1776. This was probably a two-story building with a cellar under the northern half. Artifacts recovered from the site tell us a lot about the soldiers who lived here. In the 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PZ_the-naval-battle-of-fort-montgomery_Highland-Falls-NY.html
When Sir Henry Clinton's British troops reached Forts Clinton and Montgomery on October 6, 1777, some of his ships began moving upriver to support them. First came two galleys, the Dependence and the Crane, which were rowed into position. Four Ame…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P9_round-hill-redoubt_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Fort Montgomery's "Round Hill" redoubt was built to protect a piece of high ground that commanded the rest of the fort. It was one of three redoubts that the Americans built as they realized their gun batteries, which faced the river, were vulnera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P0_west-redoubt_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Fort Montgomery's "West" Redoubt was one of three strong points built to defend the fort from an overland attack. New York State's Governor, Brigadier General George Clinton, commanded Fort Montgomery during the battle on October 6, 1777. Clinton …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4OQ_the-battle-around-the-redoubts_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Brigadier General George Clinton, the Governor of New York State, commanded Fort Montgomery during the battle of October 6, 1777. Aware the British were approaching, he ordered some of his men to take a 3-pounder cannon down the western road leadi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4OP_north-redoubt_Highland-Falls-NY.html
The term redoubt at Fort Montgomery means a strong point in the fort's walls. There were three redoubts at Fort Montgomery, including the North Redoubt, which you see here. Two of the redoubt's walls projected out from the fort so that enemies app…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4O7_the-naval-battle-of-fort-montgomery_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Accounts of the naval action during the Battle of Fort Montgomery are conflicting. This scene is one impression of how the river might have looked during the battle.
"The Shark and Cambden were ordered on the east side of the river to defend th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4O6_building-a-fort_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Early in the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress realized that the Hudson River was critical to the American Cause. If the British controlled the river, they could divide the rebellious colonies. Therefore, the Americans began work on Fort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4L1_welcome-to-fort-montgomery_Highland-Falls-NY.html
You are standing near the western end of Fort Montgomery: a Revolutionary War fort built to defend the Hudson Highlands and protect American control of the Hudson River. On October 6, 1777, the British captured Fort Montgomery and destroyed it in …