North Castle Revolutionary War Sites
Miller Hill & Mount Misery
Miller Hill: Dunlap Way at McDougal Drive,
North White Plains, NY
The last shots during the Battle of White Plains (October 28 to November 6, 1776) were fired by Col. John Glover's Patriot troops from atop Miller Hill ending the British advance and changing the course of the American Revolution. Gen. George Washington's troops set up earthwork fortifications atop Miller Hill and Mt. Misery which served as a lookout defensive post. Read more here.
Mount Misery: Nethermont Ave at Freedom Road,
North White Plains, NY
On this hill General George Washington's troops set up earthwork fortifications in late October 1776 as part of their final stand against Sir William Howe's British troops during the consequential Battle of White Plains. From nearby Miller Hill the last shots of the Battle of White Plains ended the British advance and changed the course of the American Revolution. Mt. Misery stands as a monument to the fortitude and resilience of the American patriots who won our nation’s independence.
Smith's Tavern
440 Bedford Road, Armonk, NY
Then owned by Benjamin Hopkins and occupied by Ichabod Ogden, where the revolutionary militia headquartered in 1779. Now the home of the North Castle Historical Society. Read more here.
Washington-Rochambeau Route
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary War Route – Continental and French Armies marched down what is now Route 22 in North Castle (some past Smith’s Tavern and some via Mt. Kisco Road) on their way to Yorktown, Virginia, where British General Cornwallis surrendered in 1781.
Read about the march here.
Reuben Wright’s Mill, the site of which is now under the Kensico Reservoir, served as a headquarters for the Revolutionary Army
Shown at it's dedication on the west side of Route 22 just north of Orchard Drive in North White Plains. It was recently restored by Westchester County. Read more here.
Thomas Wright’s Mill served as a headquarters for the Revolutionary Army; captured British Spy, John Andre, was held in a barn at Thomas Wright’s Mills in 1780.
Access the monument area from Greenway Road, Armonk. Read more here.
Buried Soldiers
Patriot soldiers are laid to rest in at least 4 cemeteries in our Town - Lyon, Methodist, Quaker Cemeteries and Middle Patent Rural Cemetery. Read more northcastleveterans.org