From its vantage point 450 feet above the Hudson River, Fort Putnam helped defend lower forts strategically placed along the Hudson to prevent enemy ships from penetrating the interior of New York and New England to the north. It was this key fort that Benedict Arnold intended to hand over to the British in the most treasonous act in American history.
From its vantage point 450 feet above the Hudson River, Fort Putnam helped defend lower forts strategically placed along the Hudson to prevent enemy ships from penetrating the interior of New York and New England to the north. It was this key fort that Benedict Arnold intended to hand over to the British in the most treasonous act in American history.