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RESEARCH MATERIALS Map of the site by Huey, PR, 1968, modified 2006 by Byster, M. (JPG, 0.8 MB) Fishkill: a Problem, a Solution, and a Call for Assistance, by Richard Goring, Dutchess County Historical Year Book, 1972. (PDF, 1.4 MB) Preliminary Report on the Fishkill Encampment Dig, 1962. (PDF, 1 MB) Interesting short account hinting at the extent of the damage done to the site by the building of Interstate 84 in the early 1960s. Report on the Fishkill Supply Depot, 1971, by Stefan Bielinksi. (PDF, 8.6 MB) We especially call your attention to the well-thought-out proposal for a plan for the preservation and use of the site, found on report pages 3-7. The report as a whole contains some of the most important documented findings about the site. The Fishkill Supply Depot and Encampment During the Years 1776-78, by Richard Goring, 1975, (PDF, 10.5 MB) A wealth of information. National Historic Register Certificate, 1974 (PDF, 1.7 MB)   HISTORICAL REFERENCES The Manner of laying out a Camp, with the Order of Encampment enacted by Congress, 1779. (PDF, 1 MB) The Marquis de Chastellux's Account of a Visit to the Fishkill Depot, 1780 Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, Volume 1, Chapter XXIX, by Benson J. Lossing, 1850 "Fishkill village lies pleasantly in the lap of a plain near the foot of the mountains, and is a place of much interest to the student of our history. Securely sheltered by high mountains from invasion from below, and surrounded by a fertile country, it was chosen as a place of safe depository for military stores; for the confinement of Tory prisoners and others captured by strategy or in partisan skirmishes upon the Neutral Ground, in West Chester; and, for a while, as the place of encampment of a portion of the Continental army, and the quiet deliberations of the state Legislature. 49 The barracks were about half a mile south of the village, extending along the line of the road, from the residence of Isaac Van Wyck, Esq., to the foot of the mountains. The head-quarters of the officers were at Mr. Van Wyck’s, then the property of a Mr. Wharton. From this circumstance it is known as 'The Wharton House.' The burial-place of the soldiers is at the foot of the mountains, where a road branches eastward from the turnpike..." Excerpt from History of Dutchess County, by James H. Smith, 1882 "... it is doubtful whether any spot in the State has as many of the buried dead of the Revolution as this quiet spot."

The Van Wyck House, headquarters of the Fishkill Supply Depot, from Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, Volume 1, by Benson J. Lossing, 1850 (referred there as 'The Wharton House.') The Dutch Reform Church, Fishkill, from Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, Volume 1, by Benson J. Lossing, 1850   Trinity Church, Fishkill, from Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, Volume 1, by Benson J. Lossing, 1850