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Fishkill Supply Depot Burial Ground

Memorials	:	1
Location	:	Fishkill, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.5196500, -73.8883100
Description	:	Located in a parcel of woods on Rt 9 - Old Albany Post Road- and Van Wyck Lake Road in Fishkill, New York, (one mile South from US Interstate 84) the identified burial ground of the Fishkill Supply Depot can be seen across the road from Cafe Maya. The Fishkill Supply Depot had the largest single burial ground of the Revolutionary War. At its peak, the Encampment, built under orders from George Washington with its headquarters at the Van Wyck Homestead, was a small city which included extensive barracks and officer huts for thousands of soldiers, guard house... Read More	Located in a parcel of woods on Rt 9 - Old Albany Post Road- and Van Wyck Lake Road in Fishkill, New York, (one mile South from US Interstate 84) the identified burial ground of the Fishkill Supply Depot can be seen across the road from Cafe Maya. The Fishkill Supply Depot had the largest single burial ground of the Revolutionary War. At its peak, the Encampment, built under orders from George Washington with its headquarters at the Van Wyck Homestead, was a small city which included extensive barracks and officer huts for thousands of soldiers, guard house and palisade, a prison, major hospital, artillery placements, storage buildings, an armory, blacksmith shops, stables, parade grounds, and a powder magazine which supplied all Northern Patriot forces. Today, the only maintained structure is the Van Wyck Homestead, a farmhouse which served as a headquarters for military operations. The Depot was a key strategic center of the American Revolution, established by George Washington and visited repeatedly by many famous Patriots. Known as the "Military nerve center of the Continental army," the Depot was one of three major encampments along with Morristown and Valley Forge. Hallowed history happened here - hundreds of the original soldiers who fought to found the nation died and were buried here in unmarked graves. Reflecting the site's importance, the Fishkill Supply Depot and Encampment was placed on the National Register for Historic Places in 1974 (Ref #74001230). In 2007, archaeologists confirmed what local historians and others could not: the existence of a Continental Army burial ground where at least 300 soldiers lie forgotten in unmarked graves upon land once known as the Fishkill Supply Depot. Up until then, the burial ground was considered folklore, something of local legend, no solid proof had ever been discovered. Unfortunately, this single parcel of undisturbed land was found to be privately-owned and slated for commercial development. At risk was not only the soldiers' cemetery (the largest burial ground of the Revolutionary War) but other identified ruins. Thus far through painstaking research the names of 60 soldiers remains have been identified.

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Fishkill Supply Depot Burial Ground is located at Rt 9 and Van Wyck Lake Rd Fishkill, Dutchess County ,New York , 12524USA.
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Latitude: 41.5196500
Longitude: -73.8883100

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
Fishkill, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5349900, -73.8977900

2. First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Cemetery
Fishkill, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5359917, -73.8999100

3. Fishkill Rural Cemetery
Fishkill, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5415993, -73.9057999

4. Rombout Rural Cemetery
Brinckerhoff, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5445900, -73.8722000

5. Beacon Hebrew Alliance Cemetery
Fishkill, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5417690, -73.9140430

6. Negro Ground
Fishkill, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5427150, -73.9137580

7. Adams Ground
East Fishkill, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5109900, -73.8490200

8. Wiccopee Community Church Cemetery
East Fishkill, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5415000, -73.8504070

9. Fairview Cemetery
Beacon, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5102997, -73.9428024

10. Purdy Cemetery
Cold Spring, Putnam County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4889220, -73.8469340

11. Saint Joachims Cemetery
Beacon, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5083008, -73.9456024

12. North Highland Cemetery
Cold Spring, Putnam County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4780660, -73.9132590

13. Charlock Ground
Hopewell Junction, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5145890, -73.8272060

14. Old Saint Joachim's Cemetery
Beacon, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5002670, -73.9542618

15. Swartwout Burial Grounds
Swartoutville, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5670100, -73.8558640

16. Matteawan State Hospital Cemetery
Beacon, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5146420, -73.9666810

17. Travis Plot
East Fishkill, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5003000, -73.8132000

18. Saint Luke's Church Cemetery
Beacon, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4977000, -73.9638000

19. Methodist Cemetery
Beacon, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5082860, -73.9701040

20. Calvary Methodist Church Cemetery
East Fishkill, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5071380, -73.7977750

21. Middlebush Cemetery
Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5872002, -73.9096985

22. Saint Lawrence Friary Cemetery
Beacon, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4906030, -73.9736580

23. Monfort Burial Ground
Fishkill Plains, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5853583, -73.8552306

24. Hortontown Community Cemetery
Hopewell Junction, Dutchess County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5067580, -73.7958910

Fishkill Supply Depot Burial Ground

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