Fort Washington

Fort Washington: 1776, New York County, Fort Washington Heights. Revolutionary War (Sep-Nov 1776), on the East side of the Hudson River north of New York City, above Jeffery's Hook. Opposite (West), on the East New Jersey cliffs (Palisades) was Fort Lee (also known as Fort Constitution) and a small Redoubt further north. A small redan to the North on the heights was Forest Hill Redoubt (Site of Margaret "Molly" Corbin's manning her husbands gun) further developed by the British as Fort Tryon and further north was Fort Cock Hill. This was Washington's last stand (16 Nov 1776) on the island of Manhattan, and after being forced from these works there was a battle at White Plains. The British renamed it Fort Knyphausen Nov. 1776. It is now Bennett Park.

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Thanks to Dave Melican for supplying us with the correct name of the current park.