Stony Point, NY
2 first-person accounts from the Revolutionary era.
Historical Voices
Anthony Wayne
No Muskets: The Logic of Bayonets Only
The order that made Stony Point possible went against every soldier's instinct: leave your muskets unloaded. If you fire before the fort is taken, you will be flogged. Wayne understood that the tradit...
Modern Voices
The River That Could Cut a Nation in Half
People come to Stony Point, see a pretty view of the Hudson and a lighthouse, and are surprised this place was worth dying for. Then you explain the geography, and it clicks. The Hudson was the one na...
