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Peekskill is a city in northwestern Westchester County, New York, United States, 35 miles (56 km) north of New York City. Established as a village in 1816, it was incorporated as a city in 1940. It lies on a bay along the east side of the Hudson River, across from Jones Point in Rockland County.
An area of divided allegiances with many Loyalist residents, it was the scene of extensive military activity during the American Revolution —including the Battle of White Plains (October 28, 1776), a raid by British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton (1779), and the apprehension by the Americans of the British spy Major John André near Tarryto...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Peekskill Military Academy was a military academy for young men and women, founded in 1833 as Peekskill Academy, located in Peekskill, New York, United States. Background. The academy was built by a hanging tree where a British spy was executed in 1777; his bones were discovered and relocated during construction of a dormitory in the 1860s. [2] .
Peekskill holds a prominent place in the history of civil rights. It is the most significant place in the Hudson River Valley for understanding the history of American slavery and the Underground Railroad, the network of secret sites that helped fugitive slaves travel to freedom.
Oct 16, 2016 · Peekskill Suffered a British Attack in 1777: The Continental Army base camp at Peekskill was assaulted by 500 British infantry, supported by sailors and naval vessels on March 23rd 1777. The...
Peekskill served as an important riverside depot for American forces in the Hudson Highlands during the winter of 1776–1777. To disrupt the fortification efforts and the assembly of newly raised Continental regiments, William Howe dispatched a small raiding force upriver on 22 March.
But the street that may have inspired the optimistic canary-colored route actually led to the depressing hulk of a military academy in Peekskill, New York. In 1868, 12-year-old Frank Baum (later to pen the Oz series of children's books) was sent away to Peekskill's military school.
