Fort Lee Historic Park
Historic Park Road, Fort Lee, New Jersey, 07024, USA
New Jersey, USA
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FORT
EST. 1776
FORTIFICATION
EST. 1776
BATTLEFIELD
1776
Cornwallis, Charles
Greene, Nathaniel
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Fort Lee Historic Park.
A riverfront bluff park preserving the approximate site and commanding landscape of Fort Lee. The Palisades Interstate Park Commission maintains reconstructed military structures, including a blockhouse, batteries, and soldiers’ huts, together with overlooks, trails, monuments, archaeological resources, and an interpretive visitor center.
About Fort Lee Historic Park
George Washington ordered Fort Constitution, later renamed Fort Lee, built on the New Jersey Palisades in 1776 to help defend the Hudson River with Fort Washington opposite it. After the British captured Fort Washington in November, Cornwallis crossed the Hudson and threatened Fort Lee. The American garrison hastily abandoned the post, beginning Washington’s difficult retreat across New Jersey toward the Delaware River.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Fort Lee Historic Park
Fort Lee was rendered defenseless after Continental Army troops holding Fort Washington were defeated and captured on November 16, 1776. The Royal Navy controlled the Hudson River. General William Howe ordered Charles Cornwallis to "clear the rebel troops from New Jersey without a major engagement, and to do it quickly before the weather changed." The force included Hessian units commanded by Colonel Carl von Donop.
The invasion of New Jersey began the night of November 19–20, when 5,000 British troops were ferried across the Hudson on barges. British military Commander Lord Cornwallis landed a force of between 2,500 and 5,000 at what was sometimes known as the "Lower Closter Landing", later known as Huyler’s Landing or "Huyler's", on November 20, 1776. George Washington and Nathanael Greene quickly ordered the evacuation of the fort on the morning of November 20, 1776.
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