NORTH AND SOUTH REDOUBTS REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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 BENEDICT ARNOLD, LEARNING OF MAJOR ANDRE'S CAPTURE FLED FROM HIS HEADQUARTERS AT THE BEVERLY ROBINSON HOUSE.
Listing Details
- Military Base
- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Plaques On Stone
- UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
- 10996
- BILL COUGHLIN
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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