Albany was the nerve center of the northern war. As the headquarters of the Continental Army's Northern Department, it served as the command post, supply depot, and staging area for every major operation in the Hudson Valley and the campaigns stretching north toward Canada. Without Albany's strategic position at the head of Hudson River navigation, the American defense of the northern frontier would have been vastly more difficult.
PEOPLE
Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler
Schuyler Family Matriarch, Estate Manager, Patriot Supporter
Philip Schuyler
Continental Army Major General, Landowner, Continental Congress Delegate
Alexander Hamilton
Continental Army Officer, Washington's Aide-de-Camp, Treasury Secretary
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
Schuyler Family, Wife of Alexander Hamilton, Patriot Supporter
KEY EVENTS
Albany Becomes Northern Department Headquarters
Jun 1775
Albany Stages the American Invasion of Canada
Jul 1775
Albany Supports Fort Stanwix Defense
Aug 1777
Frontier Raids Threaten the Mohawk Valley
Jan 1778
Schuyler Organizes Northern Supply Lines
Aug 1775
Catherine Schuyler Burns the Wheat Fields
Sep 1777
STORIES
MODERN VOICE
Where Every Road Led During the Revolution
Albany does not get the recognition it deserves in Revolutionary War history. People know Saratoga, they know Valley Forge, they know Yorktown. But they do not always understand that Albany was the re...
HISTORICAL VOICE
The General's House That Ran a War
Philip Schuyler's mansion in Albany was a private home that functioned as a military headquarters. From its rooms, Schuyler organized the supply lines, troop movements, and intelligence networks that ...