New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center

Princess Bay Blockhouse

Princess Bay Blockhouse: 1814-1815, Staten Island, Richmond County. One of several blockhouses for the defense of NY Harbor ordered by Gen Joseph Smith, Chief of Engineers. (Bath Beach, Utrecht Bay, Denyse's Heights, Princess Bay, Jamaica Bay - Decatur) R…

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Contact

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Events

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Marshall House Flag | National | Civil War

Shortly after the Confederates bombarded Fort Sumter, South Carolina, James Jackson hoisted the extremely large Confederate national flag seen here onto a 40-foot-tall flagpole atop his hotel, the Marshall House, in Alexandria, Virginia. The flag conforms…

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Unknown Regiment - Dudley Station | National | Civil War

On December 17, 1862, Major Charles Fitz Simmons, with companies B and C, 3rd Regiment Cavalry, New York Volunteers, went to Dudley Station, North Carolina, to destroy the railroad under orders from General John Foster. Upon entering the town, according t…

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47th Alabama Infantry (probable) | National | Civil War

On September 17, 1862, during the battle of Antietam, Maryland, Private Stanislas Beneaux, Company E, 35th New York Volunteers, captured a Confederate flag reportedly from an Alabama regiment, most likely the 47th Alabama Infantry. In his official report,…

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Plain, Fort

Fort Plain: Revolutionary War, also known as Fort Rensselaer. South side of Mohawk River near village of Fort Plain. Built in 1776 under the direction of Col. Dayton. The fort was an irregular quadrangle with two small blockhouses on opposite corners. The…

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Putnam, Fort

Fort Putnam (1): 1776, Brooklyn. From the Oblong Redoubt the American line rose northeast to a hill crest with Fort Putnam (now Fort Greene Park). A star shaped fort with five guns. Named for Col. Rufus Putnam. Held a garrison of 5 companies. One of a lin…

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Queen's Fort

Queen's Fort (1): 1703, New York City, See Fort George (1). Queen's Fort (2): Schenectady. Constructed in 1705 as a triple stockade at Front, Ferry, and Green Streets. (now site of Lawrence the Indian statute). Rebuilt in 1735 of heavy timbers set on a…

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