| 词条 | Fort Clinton (West Point) | ||
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|name = Fort Clinton |partof = United States Military Academy |location = West Point, New York |image = Remains of Ft. Clinton, NY.JPG |image_size = 300px |caption = Remaining earthworks of Fort Clinton (formerly Fort Arnold), with Kosciuszko's Monument in background |map_type = |map_size = |map_caption = |type = |coordinates = {{coord|41|23|39.42|N|73|57|9.36|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY_dim:26}} |code = |built = 1778-1780 |builder = de La Radiere and Tadeusz Kosciuszko |materials = |height = |used = |demolished = |condition = mostly demolished |ownership = United States Army |open_to_public = Year round |controlledby = U.S. Army |garrison = West Point |current_commander = |commanders = |occupants = |battles = Revolutionary War |events = |image2 = |caption2 = }} Fort Clinton was the main defensive garrison of the Revolutionary War defense network at West Point. Commanded by and named after Benedict Arnold before his betrayal of the Revolutionary Army and defection to the British, it was later renamed after General James Clinton. Construction was begun under Captain Louis de la Radiere,[1] and completed under the command of Tadeusz Kosciuszko between 1778–1780; it was the key defensive fort, overlooking the turn in the Hudson River and the Great Chain.[2] After the war, the remains of Fort Clinton fell into disrepair and were eventually demolished to make way for the expansion of the United States Military Academy, founded at the garrison in 1802. Today, all that remains of the fort are some earthworks and stone base structures, easily seen off of Thayer Road as it rounds the plain and the soccer fields at West Point. Fort ClintonIn 1778, Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam wrote, "The place agreed upon to obstruct the navigation of Hudson river was at West Point." "As the governor's brother, Col. James Clinton, and his brigade would build the main fort, it was to be named after him." The southern and western walls were nine feet high and twenty feet thick. Three redoubts and batteries on the south were named Forts Meigs, Wyllys and Webb.[3]{{rp|53,55}} See also
References1. ^{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=faRVfmpL6ikC&pg=PA117&lpg=PA117&dq=de+la+radiere&source=bl&ots=jQKnJgLRXl&sig=hkDyHuqDtACZECjTKCUxPhqww74&hl=en&ei=QeftSdvdBIueMqbBlOsP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4| title=Fortress America | author=J. E. Kaufmann| others=Tomasz Idzikowski (illus.)| page=117| publisher=Da Capo Press| date=2004| isbn=978-0-306-81294-1}} {{USMA}}2. ^{{cite web|title=West Point|publisher=A Revolutionary Day|url=http://www.revolutionaryday.com/usroute9w/westpoint/default.htm|accessdate=2009-02-11}} 3. ^Storozynski, A., 2009, The Peasant Prince, New York: St. Martin's Press, {{ISBN|9780312388027}} 8 : United States Military Academy|Forts in New York (state)|American Revolutionary War forts|New York (state) in the American Revolution|Buildings and structures in Orange County, New York|Military installations established in 1780|Hudson River|1780 establishments in New York (state) |
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