A Revolutionary Pilgrimage; Being An Account of a Series of Visits to Battlegrounds & Other Places Made Memorable By the War of the Revolution
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The two divisions took opposite sides of the hill, and charged up it with such rapidity that, before the garrison could recover from its surprise, they had met within the fort itself and carried it. It was a brilliantly successful attack, and for it Congress awarded a medal to Anthony Wayne, "for his brave, prudent, and soldierly conduct." His report to Wash- ington was laconic and characteristic: Stoney Point, 16th July, 1779, ..T^ n , 2 o'clock A.M. Dear Gen^ "The fort and Garrison with Col° ...Johnston are ours. Oiu' officers and men behaved like men who are deter- mined to be free. ^^^r ^ ■ ^ 1 ours most sincereiy "Ant-^ Wayne." As the boat passes King's Ferry there opens before you the broad expanse of Haverstraw Bay — a wide sheet of water framed by low-lying hills, with the A erdrietig Range, first precursors of the Palisades, off to the south- west. These shores of Haverstraw Bay bring us again to the story of Arnold's treason and the capture of Major Andre. Down at its far end, off Teller's Point, the Vulture lay.
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