Fishkill in Dutchess County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Battery

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 10, 2011

1. Battery Marker

Inscription. On this hill, during the American Revolution, was a battery for the defense of "The Gorge of the Mountains", Fishkill Clove.

Erected 1935 by New York State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 41° 29.654′ N, 73° 54.018′ W. Marker is in Fishkill, New York, in Dutchess County. It is on Albany Post Road (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling north. Marker is located a short distance north of the Putnam-Dutchess border. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 52 Albany Post Road, Fishkill NY 12524, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York

and in the Hudson Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least

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8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Three Batteries (here, next to this marker); Veterans of the Fishkill Supply Depot (approx. 1.9 miles away); Van Wyck Homestead (approx. 2 miles away); Great Indian Warrior Trading Path (approx. 2 miles away); Revolutionary War Dead (approx. 2.1 miles away); The Path to Victory (approx. 2.1 miles away); Continental Army Crossroads (approx. 2.1 miles away); Van Wyck Homestead Museum (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fishkill.

Photographed by Amy Cobb-mills, April 4, 2025

2. Battery Marker

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 10, 2011

3. Battery Marker

This is a photo of the marker before it was restored.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 10, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,311 times since then and 28 times this year. Last updated on April 4, 2025, by Amy Cobb-mills of Saugerties, New York. Photos: 1. submitted on July 10, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 2. submitted on April 4, 2025, by Amy Cobb-mills of Saugerties, New York. 3. submitted on July 10, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.