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227: 67: 52: 500: 251: 220:'s younger cousin, Col. Rufus Putnam, and three hundred men arrived on four sloops with lumber to build Fort Putnam. McDougall wrote, "The hill which Col. Putnam is fortifying is the most commanding and important of any that we can now attend to...the easternmost face of this work must be so constructed as to command the plain." 191:
about 3/4 of a mile away. The fort was rebuilt and enlarged in 1794 before falling into disuse and disrepair as the military garrison at West Point became obsolete in the early mid-19th century. It underwent a major preservation as a historical site in 1909, and has been continually in the process
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wrote, "Genl. Parson, Clinton and Col. Delaradiere went with me to View the Rock & Crown Hills in the rear of our works..."(
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of preservation since. Sitting at an elevation of 500 feet, it was West Point's largest garrison during the
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convinced them of the necessity of defending Crown Hill, and drafted blueprints accordingly. Gen.
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General Rufus Putnam: George Washington's Chief Military Engineer and the "Father of Ohio,"
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General Rufus Putnam: George Washington's Chief Military Engineer and the "Father of Ohio,"
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5th Massachusetts Regiment, it was completed in 1778 with the purpose of supporting
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Late spring until mid-fall. Check with USMA Museum for access hours and dates
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Storozynski, A., 2009, The Peasant Prince, New York: St. Martin's Press,
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This article is about the physical fort. For the painting, see
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The east wall and guns of Fort Putnam that face the
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View of Fort Putnam
United States Military Academy
West Point, New York

Hudson River
Historical Marker
United States Army
Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War
West Point
New York
United States
Rufus Putnam's
Fort Clinton
Hudson River
Revolutionary War
Alexander McDougall
Fort Clinton
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Israel Putnam
A cannon facing northeast towards Constitution Island (left) and the Plain and Fort Clinton (right)
Constitution Island
the Plain
Fort Clinton
Information plate near the entrance
Redoubt Four (West Point)
Kosciuszko's Garden
"Fort Putnam"
ISBN
978-1-4766-7862-7

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