FORT PUTNAM WAS THE KEY DEFENSIVE WORKS IN WEST POINTS FORTIFIED ZONE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1778 BY SOLDIERS OF THE 5TH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT AND NAMED FOR THE REGIMENTAL COMMANDER, COLONEL RUFUS PUTNAM. FORT PUTNAM WAS BU ...

THE BATTERY PROTECTED THE CHAIN WHICH SPANNED THE HUDSON RIVER AS A DETERRENT TO BRITISH SHIPS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

IN 1779, MAJOR GENERAL HEATH SUPERVISED CONSTRUCTION OF SOUTH (MIDDLE) AND NORTH REDOUBTS. BOTH WERE DESIGNED TO PREVENT BRITISH CONTROL OF EASTERN APPROACHES TO WEST POINT AND CONSTITUTION ISLAND. WASHINGTON WAS PROBABLY INSPECTING SOUTH REDOUBT WHEN BEN ...

IN 1778, COLONEL HENRY SHERBURN'S REGIMENT BUILT A REDOUBT IN THIS GENERAL VICINITY TO COVER THE REAR OF FORT CLINTON, THE MAIN FORTIFICATIONS COVERING THE GREAT CHAIN AND THE RIVER APPROACH. THE REDOUBT ALSO COVERED THE WESTERN APPROACHES TO THE WEST POI ...

THE HUDSON RIVERS NARROW WITH AND SHARP TURN AT WEST POINT CREATED ADVERSE SAILING CONDITIONS AND PROMPTED CONSTRUCTION OF A GREAT CHAIN IN 1778 AS AN OBSTACLE TO THE MOVEMENT OF BRITISH SHIPS NORTH OF THIS POINT. AMERICAN SOLDIERS POSITIONED THE CHAIN TO ...

SEE ALSO-THE GREAT CHAIN REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL SEE ALSO-THE GREAT CHAIN REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE I

SEE ALSO-THE GREAT CHAIN REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE I SEE ALSO-THE GREAT CHAIN REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE II

SARATOGA 17TH OCTOBER 1777

THE WATER BATTERY, ALSO KNOWN AS GREEN BATTERY, WAS ONE OF A SERIES OF BATTERIES BUILT AT WEST POINT DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. IT COVERED THE FLANK OF THE GREAT CHAIN AND WAS ABLE TO FIRE DOWN THE HUDSON RIVER.