The American Revolution: resources for Rockland County: Home
Revolutionary War sites in and around Rockland County
- '76 HouseThis Tavern served as the "prison" of the Revolution's most notorious spy, Major John Andre.
- New Windsor Cantonment State Historic SiteLocated in Orange County
Published Primary Sources
- General Orders of George Washington issued at Newburg on the Hudson 1782-1783 byCall Number: ROCKLAND ROOM 973.338 UNIPublication Date: 1973
Robert Mayer interview
Interview with Clare Sheridan,
Historical Society of Rockland County
Joseph Elder Soldier of the Revolution
Scott Elder interview
with Clare Sheridan,
Historical Society of Rockland County
Books
Wine and Bitters by Call Number: ROCKLAND ROOM 973.339 SAVISBN: 0890620083Publication Date: 1975-01-01An account of the meetings in 1783 at Tappan, N.Y. and aboard H.M.S. Perserverance, between George Washington and Sir Guy Carleton, commanding generals of American and British forces at the close of the American Revolution.
Chaining the Hudson: the Fight for the River in the American Revolution by Call Number: 973.33 DIAISBN: 0818405023Publication Date: 1989
The War Man by Call Number: ROCKLAND ROOM 973.34 MAYISBN: 9781594160820Publication Date: 2009-06-26True account of the life of Corporal John Allison, farm boy born in Haverstraw in 1754.- Rockland County During the American Revolution, 1776-1781 byCall Number: ROCKLAND ROOM 973.33 BUDPublication Date: 1976compilation of articles Budke originally wrote for the Journal News.
Key to the Northern Country by Call Number: 974.703 KEYISBN: 9781438448145Publication Date: 2013-08-01Offers nearly forty years of interdisciplinary scholarship on the Hudson River Valley's role in the American Revolution.
One circulating copy and one in the Rockland Room.- The Shore Guard: a History of the Second Regiment of the Orange County Militia byCall Number: ROCKLAND ROOM 973.34 NEUA short history of the militia unit that served in the Rockland County area during the Revolution.
- Rockland County During the Revolutionary War byCall Number: ROCKLAND ROOM 973.3 McCPublication Date: April 1969Masters Thesis, Farleigh Dickinson University
- The Story of the Battle of Fort Montgomery: History and Hearsay byCall Number: 973.333 SA
- The Twin Forts of the Popolopen: Forts Clinton and Montgomery, New York 1775-1777 byCall Number: ROCKLAND ROOM 973.333 CARPublication Date: 1937
- Andre's Prison, The '76 House: a History byCall Number: ROCKLAND ROOM 973.3 DURPublication Date: 1980-81from articles originally published in "Relics" published by Pascack Historical Society
- The Role of Orangetown in the Revolution byCall Number: ROCKLAND ROOM 973.3 LUCPublication Date: 1969Master's Thesis, Farleigh Dickinson University
- Revolutionary War Soldiers, Rockland County NYCall Number: ROCKLAND ROOM 973.34 DAUPublication Date: 1976Published by Shatemuc Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Spring Valley, NY
