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Between June 1782 and October 1783 7,000 troops were boarded here in 600 log huts, over 1,600 acres (650 ha). Although the Siege of Yorktown had ended most hostilities the year before, the British still occupied New York City and other ports, and George Washington believed that there was still strong sentiment in Britain for restarting the war and taking the colonies back.
The reconstructed Temple at the New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site in New Windsor, New York, where the critical meeting took place on March 15, 1783. The Newburgh Conspiracy was a failed apparent threat by leaders of the Continental Army in March 1783, at the end of the American Revolutionary War.
Mr. Morrison's letter, and the Sentinel newspaper article, caused the Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC) to pursue development of an appropriate facility at New Windsor Cantonment to commemorate the history of the Purple Heart and to recognize all recipients. The name, Purple Heart Hall of Honor, was chosen.
This, the last cantonment for the army, was located at New Windsor, New York. This last winter was relatively uneventful. Ebenezer Elmer, surgeon's mate and then surgeon to the 2nd New Jersey Regiment from 1777 to 1783, recorded the end of the war in his diary.
New Windsor Cantonment: July 31, 1972 : Temple Hill Rd. New Windsor: Last encampment of the Continental Army; here Washington put down the Newburgh Conspiracy: 113: New York, Ontario & Western Railway Company Middletown Station
Pursuant to a Resolution of Congress of May 26, 1783, 300 soldiers were discharged on June 9. However, members of the regiment refused to depart, whether on furlough or discharge, until they received their pay. Members of the regiment that remained were ordered to march to Washington's cantonment near New Windsor. [2]
The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located New Windsor. In an effort to preserve this encampment, the town of New Windsor acquired a 167-acre (0.68 km 2) tract consisting of much of the former hut sites. Since 1936, the town of New Windsor and the membership of the National Temple Hill Association have striven to ensure the preservation ...
In March 1783, feeling embittered over their lack of payment from Congress, an anonymous letter circulated amongst the senior officers encamped at the nearby New Windsor Cantonment, calling for a meeting between the officers to decide what course of action to take against Congress; the letter advocated for an ultimatum stating that if peace was ...