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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM143P_great-chain-battery_West-Point-NY.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13WE_anna-b-warner-memorial-garden_West-Point-NY.html
Constitution Island was the home of Susan and Anna Warner from 1836 - 1915. It was presented to the United States Military Academy by Miss Anna Warner and Mrs. Russell Sage.Marker erected in 1968 by theConstitution Island AssociationGift ofMr. and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13WD_redoubt-5_West-Point-NY.html
During the period when Constitution Island supplemented the major West Point fortifications, the Continental Army sought to protect the Great Chain and river batteries from land attack. Placed on the highest ground of the then treeless island, thr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13WB_hill-cliff-battery_West-Point-NY.html
The Revolutionary Army fortified this hill in 1776 to provide more firepower down river and to maintain communication between Gravel Hill Battery to the east and the Fort Constitution area to the west. Hill Cliff Battery mounted from three to five…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13WA_redoubt-7_West-Point-NY.html
Built in 1778 on the island's highest ground, Redoubt 7 blocked the western land approach to the Great Chain's anchor on Constitution Island. In constructing the redoubt's stone rampart, the Army used a large granite outcropping as part of the sou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13W8_soldiers-huts_West-Point-NY.html
In winter, when barracks were unavailable, soldiers were generally quartered in huts. Several hut sites remain on Constitution Island. In some the fireplace ruins are in line, while at others no pattern exists.
Regiments normally built huts to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13W7_romans-battery_West-Point-NY.html
Intended as the west curtain of the never-completed Fort Constitution, "the . . . battery is a straight line constructed by Mr. Romans, at very great expense; it has fifteen embrasures, which face the river at a right angle, and can only annoy a s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13W4_marine-battery_West-Point-NY.html
Built in early 1776, Marine Battery was destroyed in October 1777. The following year the battery was partially reconstructed on the surviving rampart to protect the Great Chain, which was probably anchored in the cove below.
This 10 foot thick…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13W2_fort-constitution-area_West-Point-NY.html
Fort Constitution, which would have enclosed this area, was intended to be the major fortification for the defense of the Hudson River. In January 1776, after three months of construction, work on the fort was halted, for the fort was considered t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13QW_north-and-south-redoubts_West-Point-NY.html
In 1779, Major General Heath supervised construction of South (Middle) and North Redoubts (located across the river and east of the Town of Garrison). Both were designed to prevent British control of eastern approaches to West Point and Constituti…