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Decker's Ferry Fort Decker's Ferry Fort, 1779, Staten Island, Port Richmond. The British used the burned stone house of a Tory named Decker to create a fort January 1779. Described as a stone house fortified with loopholes and abatis. Located opposite Bayone Neck facing today's Bayonne-Staten Island ferry landing in Port Richmond on Kill van Kull.
New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military
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