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NORTH AND SOUTH REDOUBTS REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

NORTH AND SOUTH REDOUBTS REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Location: UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY

City: WEST POINT

State: New York

Zip Code: 10996

Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone

Access: Military Base

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

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.


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