The Battle of Stony Point was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on the night of July 15–16, 1779. A select force of Continental Army infantry made a coordinated surprise night attack and stormed a fortified position of the British Army on the Hudson River south of West Point, New York. The position was taken in 25 minutes with the loss to the British of nearly an entire regiment of infantry.
The position, which commanded a key ferry crossing point of the Hudson, was abandoned three days after its capture. The British reoccupied it, but later in the year concluded that its defense was untenable and evacuated it permanently. The crossing was used by the Continental Army in its march to Yorktown, Virginia, two years later.
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