Wars

The Capture of Major Andre

Tarrytown played a large part in the American Revolution. Major John Andre was captured here. John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams helped capture Major Andre.

Major John Andre was in charge of patriot forces at West Point. He met with Benedict Arnold at Stony Point north of the Tarrytowns on the Hudson River. Major Andre was to give Benedict Arnold the secret plans of the patriots at West Point. Arnold persuaded him to wear a civilian coat and to put some papers in his boot.

The three state militia men (Paulding, Van Wart and Williams) were on post at Clark’s Kill. They saw a strange rider on the other side of the brook. They told him stop and dismount. He was stripped and searched. They found the papers in his boot. Major Andre tried to bribe them and because of that they arrested him.

Major John Andre was hung on October 2, 1780, at Tappan for treason. Each of the capturers was awarded a medal and $200 annually for the rest of their life.

THE WAR OF 1812

Some of the people that served in the War of 1812, from Tarrytown were: Jackson Odell, Brigade Major, Brigadier General Cotrt. Stephen D. Powell, Captain, David Hobby, Lieut. Col. 33dr Regt. Rev. Thos. G. Smith, Chaplain, 2d Regt. U.S. Artillery. Hammond, Major;, Lieut. ; Abraham Onderdonk, Ensign, 33d Reg. Hammond, Lieut. Col. Commanding Independent Battalion Light Infantry. Abraham Acker, Capt., 12th Regt. Infantry. Abraham Leonard, Major Commandant of Rifle Battaion. Daniel Ackerman, Major; Jonathan S. Odell, Quartermaster; Abraham Hammond, Capt.; and Col. Hammond, Battalion Ligth Infantry.

The Civil War

The Civil War, which took place from 1861-1865, involved men from Tarrytown. Three residents survived the war. The three men where: George Burd, Commander Bishop Armstrong, and Andrew Evans.

George Burd was a Civil War veteran. He was the next to the last member of Ward B. Burnett Post, G.A.R. He served through the Civil War taking part in several of the important engagements and was wounded once, a face wound. When the war started, he joined Company H 32nd Regiment, which was organized in Tarrytown. Before the war was over, he also served in the 17th New York Militia and the 16th Heavy Artillery.

Commander Bishop Armstrong was a member and Commander of Ward B. Burnett post, G.A.R. for fourteen years. He served his country during the Civil War, enlisting in Company B of the 135 Regiment, New York State Infantry, which was changed to the Sixth New York Heavy Artillery. He is credited with a service of three years as a member of the Fifth Army Corps of the Army of the Potomac, serving under General Warren and for taking part in many fierce engagements.

Andrew Evans was a member of Ward B. Burnett Post. He was the last soldier of the Civil War to come from the Tarrytowns.

World War II

World War II had been going on for two years before December 7, 1941. It was afternoon in Tarrytown. Suddenly, radio stations interrupted the air. They said that Japanese planes had attacked Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii, it was 7:55 a.m. when Japanese planes struck. A North Tarrytown boy, J. Horan, stationed at Hickam Field rushed forth with his comrades to try to fight the attack. In a few minutes Horan lay dead, the first one to die from the Village of Tarrytown.

Fourteen young men named Lawrence Daley, Joseph Kofka, Irving Brundage, Louis Rosenstein, Jr., Walter Kupinski, Anthony J. Rizzi, John M. Azaltovic, Henry Normansen, John J. Horan, Frank Johnson, Hubert J. Lynch, William T. Richards, and Edwin T. Nee lived in the Tarrytowns, and died serving their country in W.W. II. No one forgets them.

There were also women that worked at General Motors. These women were nicknamed "Rosie the Riveter", because they worked when the men went to the war.

General Motors was in North Tarrytown and took a very important part in World War II. They made Military Trucks and other equipment. About six weeks later General Motors announced the formation of its Eastern Aircraft Division, which would produce planes for the U.S. Navy. The planes were called P-38.

WW II Veterans

Produced by Anthony, Chris, Felix & Luis