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See the three redoubts and batteries they protected on Constitution Island.
 
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By Bill Coughlin, August 25, 2012
Redoubt 5 Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 New York, Putnam County, Philipstown, Constitution Island — Redoubt 5
During the period when Constitution Island supplemented the major West Point fortifications, the Continental Army sought to protect the Great Chain and river batteries from land attack. Placed on the highest ground of the then treeless island, . . . Map (db m58774) HM
2 New York, Putnam County, Philipstown, Constitution Island — Redoubt 6
Built in 1779, Redoubt 6 demonstrates the Army’s concern for fortifying the high ground. Necessary for its defense were approximately 115 infantrymen; no cannon were listed for this redoubt. The integrated West Point fortification system provided . . . Map (db m59889) HM
3 New York, Orange County, Philipstown, Constitution Island — Redoubt 7
Built in 1778 on the island’s highest ground, Redoubt 7 blocked the western land approach to the Great Chain’s anchor on Constitution Island. In constructing the redoubt’s stone rampart, the Army used a large granite outcropping as part of the . . . Map (db m58771) HM
4 New York, Putnam County, Philipstown, Constitution Island — Marine Battery
Built in early 1776, Marine Battery was destroyed in October 1777. The following year the battery was partially reconstructed on the surviving rampart to protect the Great Chain, which was probably anchored in the cove below. This 10 foot thick . . . Map (db m58765) HM
5 New York, Putnam County, Philipstown, Constitution Island — Gravel Hill Battery
With its excellent field of fire, Gravel Hill Battery was the island’s key fortification against British ships. Constructed in the spring of 1776, after Fort Constitution’s inability to command the Hudson had become evident, it was destroyed during . . . Map (db m47502) HM
6 New York, Putnam County, Philipstown, Constitution Island — Romans’ Battery
Intended as the west curtain of the never-completed Fort Constitution, “the . . . battery is a straight line constructed by Mr. Romans, at very great expense; it has fifteen embrasures, which face the river at a right angle, and can only annoy a . . . Map (db m58768) HM
7 New York, Putnam County, Philipstown, Constitution Island — Hill Cliff Battery
The Revolutionary Army fortified this hill in 1776 to provide more firepower down river and to maintain communication between Gravel Hill Battery to the east and the Fort Constitution area to the west. Hill Cliff Battery mounted from three to five . . . Map (db m58772) HM
8 New York, Putnam County, Philipstown, Constitution Island — Fort Constitution Area
Fort Constitution, which would have enclosed this area, was intended to be the major fortification for the defense of the Hudson River. In January 1776, after three months of construction, work on the fort was halted, for the fort was considered to . . . Map (db m58763) HM
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