The Battle Around the Redoubts

Brigadier General George Clinton, the Governor of New York State, commanded Fort Montgomery during the battle of October 6, 1777. Aware the British were approaching, he ordered some of his men to take a 3-pounder cannon down the western road ...

North Redoubt

The term redoubt at Fort Montgomery means a strong point in the fort’s walls. There were three redoubts at Fort Montgomery, including the North Redoubt, which you see here. Two of the redoubt’s walls projected out from the fort so ...

The Upper Redoubt

No records exist from historical times to tell us exactly what the fortifications here looked like. Archaeological evidence reveals the location of walls and ditches. The stones you see mark the inside of the walls and form an outline of ...

Interior of the Central Redoubt

The central redoubt consists of a square earthen platform or rampart, and earthen walls, or parapets. Cuts in the parapets, or embrasures, provided openings through which cannons could fire. The remains of the embrasures can be seen on the southern ...

The Central Redoubt

The central redoubt house the fort's artillery. The square structure is approximately forty feet wide inside. The fort's entrance was located on the north, its least vulnerable side. Two artillery positions were constructed on each of the other three sides. ...

York Redoubt

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York Redoubt was the heart of the defences protecting the outer harbour approaches to Halifax. Begun in 1793, it was enlarged by the Duke of Kent who constructed a Martello tower here in 1798. The redoubt became an essential ...

Middle Redoubt of the American Army   1776

This marks the Middle Redoubt

built by

the American Army 1776

At this point on Nov. 16, 1776

under

General Washington

occurred some of the

Fiercest fighting of

the Battle of

Washington Heights

Erected by

Washington Heights Chapter

N. S. D. A. R.

May 5, 1929

Marker can be reached from W 155th Street, ...

Spring Hill Redoubt

** Upon this spot stood the Spring Hill Redoubt.**

Here on October 9, 1779 one of the bloodiest engagements of the Revolution was fought when repeated assaults

were made by the allied troops of Georgia, South Carolina and France in an effort ...

Southeast Redoubt

This reconstructed small fort, guarding the southeastern approaches to Camden, was one of a ring of redoubts surrounding the fortified town. Typical of eighteenth century field fortifications, this redoubt used a combination of moat, earthen parapet, and palisade wall t ...

Site of the Redoubt

Site of the redoubt

thrown up here in October, 1776

by American troops

under General Heath to protect

the retreat of

Washington’s Army from New York

to White Plains.

Erected under the auspices of Woodlawn Cemetery and the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.

Marker is on Heliotrope ...