Hudson Highlands campaign

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American Revolutionary War campaign military campaign

The Hudson Highlands campaign was a series of American Revolutionary War operations focused on controlling the strategically vital Hudson River corridor north of New York City.

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Label	Occurrences
Hudson Highlands campaign canonical	1
Hudson River campaigns	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary War campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Great Britain ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defensiveWorks	Fort Clinton ⓘ surface form: Forts Clinton and Montgomery Hudson River Chain ⓘ West Point defenses ⓘ surface form: West Point fortifications
historicalSignificance	contributed to the failure of British plans to isolate New England ⓘ helped secure American control of a critical strategic corridor ⓘ
involvedMilitaryUnit	British Army ⓘ Continental Army ⓘ Loyalist forces ⓘ local militia ⓘ
location	Hudson Highlands ⓘ Hudson River ⓘ New York State ⓘ surface form: New York (state) north of New York City ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery ⓘ capture of Forts Clinton and Montgomery ⓘ operations around West Point ⓘ raid on Peekskill ⓘ
opponent	Royal Navy ⓘ
partOf	Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
relatedEvent	Burgoyne's campaign ⓘ Saratoga campaign ⓘ
result	American retention of control over key portions of the Hudson Highlands ⓘ failure of British strategy to permanently control the Hudson River corridor ⓘ
strategicImportance	key inland waterway linking New York City with the interior ⓘ potential to divide New England from the middle and southern colonies ⓘ
strategicObjective	control of the Hudson River corridor ⓘ prevent British from splitting New England from the other colonies ⓘ
theater	Hudson Valley ⓘ surface form: Hudson River Valley
timePeriod	American Revolutionary era ⓘ late 1770s ⓘ
usedTactic	combined land and naval operations ⓘ fortification of river narrows ⓘ use of river obstructions such as chains and chevaux-de-frise ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Stony Point → partOf → Hudson Highlands campaign ⓘ

William Heath → militaryConflict → Hudson Highlands campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hudson River campaigns