Fort Bunker Hill

Fort Bunker Hill, 1776, New York County, New York. The Americans had a strong defensive line from Fort Pitt (see also Jones Hill Fort) (Grand and Pitt Streets lower east side) along Grand and Broome Streets to Broadway, then northwest to a redoubt at Thompson and Spring Streets. On a rise of ground called Bayard's Hill was the largest works in lower Manhattan (excepting Fort George and the Battery). When started it was called the Independent Battery but renamed upon completion (its formal name may have been Bayard's Hill Redoubt). A very extensive sod-banked earthworks in an area now bounded by Centre, Broome, Mott and Grand Streets. It had several batteries. Upon the American evacuation the British errected defenses in lower Manhattan in May 1780 which included "Bunker Hill", all work stopped May 1782.

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