Major General Philip Schuyler - Albany, NY
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A statue of Major General Philip Schuyler is located in a traffic island front of the City Hall building in Albany, NY
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Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2013
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Philip Schuyler was born in Albany, NY on November 20, 1733. In 1755, he was commissioned as a Captain with the British forces in the French and Indian War.
In 1775, he was elected to the Continental Congress and was appointed to the rank of Major General of the Continental Army. He planned the invasion of Canada but, due to illness, was unable to participate in the invasion. He was instrumental in preparing a defense against British General John Burgoyne's plan to occupy New York and thereby cut the colonies in two. The British invasion from Canada was halted by the Continental Army under Generals Gates and Arnold at the Battle of Saratoga.
He resigned from the army, amid controversy about his performance, on April 19, 1779 and returned to the Continental Congress. He served in the New York State Senate from 1780 to 1784 and was elected to the United States Senate in 1789. He died on November 18, 1804.
A 9.5' by 5.5' bronze sculpture of an unsmiling Major General Philip Schuyler dressed in military dress uniform with tri-cornered hat, long cape, and sword at his left side. He stands on a 9.5' high by 8' diameter circular marble base with his arms folded across his chest. The statue was dedicated on June 14, 1925.
On the front of the base between a pair of bronze fasces is inscribed in bronze lettering:
MAJOR GENERAL
PHILIP
SCHUYLER
1733-1804