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Lispenard's Redoubt Lispenard's Redoubt: 1776, New York City. Started as American works on Lispenard's Hill as the western anchor of a defensive line. Was a redoubt covering north and had a battery covering the Hudson (Grenadier's Battery reconstructed by British in 1780 into Foundry Redoubt). Near present Varick and Laight Streets. 1780, the landward fort was rebuilt into a star shaped works and renamed Star Redoubt.
New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military
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