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- This is the site of the former Fort Oswego, a 'stone house of strength,' built by the British in 1727 to protect their fur-trading interests on the Great Lakes.
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In 1741-3 work was started on a stone wall around the trading post with bastions or blockhouses in each corner (called Fort Pepperrell in the 1740's). Later the British built Ontario and George in 1755. All three were destroyed by Montcalm (French) in 1755.
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- French & Indian War
- War of 1812
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The British first built a trading post at this site in 1722 but fortified it with a stone blockhouse in 1727 after the French at Fort Niagara built their stone "House of Peace" in 1726. They named the fortification Fort Burnet for Governor William Burnet. In 1741 the fortification was expanded by adding stone walls with bastions at each corner and ...
As the French & Indian War began, the fortification was further strengthened by General William Shirley and garrisoned with some 1700 British regular and colonial troops. General Shirley also built Fort Ontario on the other side of the river and Fort Georgeon the same side of the river. Fort Oswego was the strongest of the three British forts and h...
During the War of 1812, Fort Oswego served as a supply and transit point for troops and supplies from New York headed for fortifications in the Great Lakes. The fort itself was in a state of disrepair and mounted only 5 cannons in a water battery. By 1814 the garrison numbered 242 men of the 2nd U.S. Artillery and an equal number of militia and sai...
Two markers at the corner of West 1st St. and Lake St. 1. Fort Oswego Marker 2. Fort Oswego Site Marker See Also: 1. Fort Ontario Sources: 1. Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 570-572 Links: 1. North Am...
Feb 19, 2020 · In August 1756, while the British were formulating plans to attack forts Carillon, Saint-Frédéric and Frontenac preparatory to a campaign against the city of Québec, Montcalm captured Fort Oswego, near present-day Oswego, N.Y. After the British garrison surrendered, Montcalm’s Indian allies plundered the fort, slaughtered several of the ...
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Rebuilt by the British in 1782, Fort Ontario was turned over to the United States in 1796. Attacked and destroyed by an overwhelming British amphibious force in 1814, it was rebuilt by the United States between 1839 and 1845 during a period of tension along the border with British-held Canada.
This is the site of the former Fort Oswego, a "stone house of strength," built by the British in 1727 to protect their fur-trading interests on the Great Lakes. Strengthened by the addition of outer walls and blockhouses around 1742, Fort Oswego was nonetheless vulnerable to artillery fire from higher elevations.
For twenty-eight years Fort Oswego was the sole enclave of the British Empire on the inland seaS: -Fort Ontario photo. Fig. 5-The second Fort Ontario standing on the bluff to the east of the river was begun in 1759 to replace the first fortification with that name which stood on the same site.
Oswego, NY. History. Fort Oswego Park marks the site of the former Fort Oswego, a "stonehouse of strength" built by the British in 1727 to guard the Western shore of the mouth of the river. The fort, then called Fort Pepperrell, was the location of a major battle during the French and Indian War.
