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==Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery== {{main|Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery}} [[File:Bear Mountain Bridge from below.jpg|thumb|The Fort Clinton site is near the west end of the [[Bear Mountain Bridge]]]] On October 6, 1777, Forts Clinton and Montgomery were attacked by [[63rd (The West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot|the British 63rd Regiment]] led by [[Henry Clinton (1738β1795)|Sir Henry Clinton]] (a distant relative of James Clinton, according to information at the Fort Montgomery state historic site museum). The [[Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery]] was intense but brief, with both forts being overrun within an hour and the wounded General James Clinton retreating with his men through [[Popolopen Gorge]].<ref>{{cite book|author=William Wade |title=Panorama of the Hudson River |year=1846 |url=http://www.hhr.highlands.com/clinton.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025135438/http://hhr.highlands.com/clinton.htm |archivedate=October 25, 2007 }}</ref> The forts were razed by the British, and the iron chain they sought to defend was dismantled. The Rebels installed another [[Hudson River Chain]] farther upriver. Although the ruins of Fort Montgomery survive and the site is a [[National Historic Landmark]], the Fort Clinton site was destroyed in the 1920s during the construction of [[U.S. Route 9W]] and the [[Bear Mountain Bridge]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E7DC1239F937A15756C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|work= The New York Times|date=May 24, 1998|title=Revolutionary Fort Held Hostage to Decay and Apathy | first=Richard | last=Severo | accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref> Today, the Fort Clinton site lies within [[Bear Mountain State Park]] and is used for the Trailside Museum and Zoo.
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