Verplanck's Point
Verplanck's Point
VERPLANCK'S POINT. On the east bank of the Hudson River, with Stony Point it covered King's Ferry at the southern approach to the Hudson Highlands. On 1 June 1779 the British captured Fort Lafayette, which had been built on this place, in the operations preceding the action at Stony Point on 16 July 1779.
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