In the winter of 1778, American troops stationed at this fort on the Hudson River nicknamed the place "Point Purgatory."
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In the winter of 1778, American troops stationed at this fort on the Hudson River nicknamed the place "Point Purgatory."
In the winter of 1778, American troops stationed at West Point on the Hudson River nicknamed the place "Point Purgatory.? Now the site of the famous military academy, during the Revolutionary War West Point was a strategic highland on the Hudson. Both the British and the Americans considered it very important for controlling the vital Hudson.