Fishkill Barracks / Supply Depot

Fishkill Barracks / Supply Depot, 1776, Dutchess County, Fishkill. Operated from 1776 to 1782. Barracks for 2,000 troops were located one mile below the village of Fishkill on each side of today's Route 9. The river port to the east, Fishkill Landing, is now the Town of Beacon. The depot was on the east bank of the Hudson above Fish Kill. When the depot was started Fishkill Cove or Wiccopee Pass to the south was fortified with 3 batteries. This also was the east end of the 1777 chevaux-de-frise line from Pollopel's (Bannerman's) Island to Fort Plumb Point near New Windsor on the west bank north of the Murder's Kill.

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