Knox's Headquarters
- 30 miles south of Poughkeepsie/Highland
- Forge Hill Road, Vails Gate, NY 12584, 845-561-5498 www.palisadesparksconservancy.org
- From 1779 to 1783, some of the Continental Army's highest ranking generals made their headquarters at Jonathan Ellison's comfortable stone house in Vails Gate.
- Major General Henry Knox, Commander of the army's artillery, lived here with his family while overseeing the artillery's preparations before the decisive battle at Yorktown, Virginia.
- When the army returned to New York, Major-General Gates oversaw its encampment at New Windsor Cantonment and participated in the plot to turn the Continental Army against Congress, known to history as the Newburgh Addresses.
- The house is furnished to reflect the Ellison's residence as well as the military headquarters
- A trail leads to the remains of the family's 18th century mill
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