FORT PUTNAM REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE II
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 BUILT TO PROTECT FORT CLINTON (ORIGINALLY FORT ARNOLD) FROM INLAND ATTACK.
Listing Details
- Military Base
- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Plaques On Stone
- UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
- 10996
- BILL COUGHLIN
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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