These buttons were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at West Point, and were worn on the uniforms of enlisted men in the Continental Army. The Light Infantry button of the 3rd Connecticut Regiment was found at the Revolutionary barracks; the other buttons were found at Redoubt number 4.

The military buttons were worn on the uniforms of Federal Army privates, and were probably found by the Field Exploration Committee near the Revolutionary War barracks at West Point. In 1787, both Joseph Callender and Jacob Perkins made the dies that were used to stamp Massachusetts state coins.

These pins and buttons were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from a refuse deposit near military barracks that extended along Bennett Avenue between 181st and 182nd Streets. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the barracks were occupied by the British and Hessian garrisons of the fort until evacuation in 1783. The hairpin was owned by a woman, probably a camp follower or a member of a soldier's family.

These lead strips were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from a refuse deposit near military barracks that extended along Bennett Avenue between 181st and 182nd Streets. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the barracks were occupied by the British and Hessian garrisons of the fort until evacuation in 1783. Soldiers probably sewed the strips into the linings of their uniforms to hold edges and corners in place.

These objects were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at Fort Solonga, a British fort in Suffolk County, Long Island.

These gunflints were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from a refuse deposit near military barracks that extended along Bennett Avenue between 181st and 182nd Streets. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the barracks were occupied by the British and Hessian garrisons of the fort until evacuation in 1783. Twenty-eight of the flints were used with muskets.

These buckles were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from a refuse deposit near military barracks that extended along Bennett Avenue between 181st and 182nd Streets. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the barracks were occupied by the British and Hessian garrisons of the fort until evacuation in 1783. The decorated buckles were probably worn by officers.

These tobacco pipe fragments were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from a refuse deposit near military barracks that extended along Bennett Avenue between 181st and 182nd Streets. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the barracks were occupied by the British and Hessian garrisons of the fort until evacuation in 1783.

This button was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others at a military camp on the Colonial Dyckman farm, at 204th Street between Seaman and Payson Avenues in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the camp was occupied by British and Hessian troops until evacuation in 1783. The button may have been worn by a civilian or an officer.

This fragment was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from a refuse deposit near military barracks that extended along Bennett Avenue between 181st and 182nd Streets. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the barracks were occupied by the British and Hessian garrisons of the fort until evacuation in 1783.