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	Fort Oswego - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort Oswego was an important frontier post for British traders in the 18th century.
		During the French and Indian War, this fort was captured and destroyed by the French in 1756.
		Besides these expansions, Fort Ontario as built on the high ground on the north side of the river, and Fort George was added to the bluff located a half mile (800 m) to the southwest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Oswego (474 words)

	Fort Oswego
		Fort Oswego, on the west side of the river, was a strong work.
		Fort Ontario, on the east side, was weaker, and was considered an outpost to the other.
		The destruction of the forts at Oswego was an admirable stroke of policy on the part of the French commander.
	publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/fortosweg_bbb.html (1261 words)

	Fort Oswego
		, a British fort built in 1726 on the south shore of lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Oswego river.
		It was captured by the French under Montcalm in 1756, and was demolished; but it was rebuilt by the British after the conquest of Canada, and re-named Fort Ontario.
		During the American Revolution, the fort became a rallying-point for the loyalists; but by the Peace of Versailles in 1783 it fell within American territory, and it was finally surrendered to the United States
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/FortOswego.htm (152 words)

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		On the other side of the fort the British were making a second landing and getting ready to charge up the hill and dislodge the American from the main battery, this was being lead by Captain Mulcaster.
		Back on the eastern side of the fort the British were having a hard time with the American defenders who were inspired by the faltering British line.
		Fort Oswego and the surrounding village fell to the British, they secured the area and sent reserves to shore to help with the many tasks, which included tending to the wounded, dead and prisoners.
	members.tripod.com /~war1812/batoswego.html (1245 words)

	Battle of Fort Oswego - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Fort Oswego was one in a series of early French victories in the North American theater of the Seven Years' War that belied New France's military vulnerability.
		On the week of August 10, 1756, a force of regulars and Canadian militia under General Montcalm captured and occupied the British fortifications at Fort Oswego, located near modern-day Syracuse, New York, which would effectively interrupt American shipping on nearby Lake Ontario and remove the threat to nearby Fort Frontenac.
		The battle was notable for demonstrating that traditional European notions of logistics and siege tactics, when applied properly and in the right circumstances, were viable on the North American battlefield.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Oswego (234 words)

	Fort Ontario
		The French destroyed this fort in 1756, as well as destroying Fort Oswego (built 1727) on the opposite bank of the Oswego River, and Fort George (built 1755) on high ground behind Fort Oswego.
		Fort Ontario was regarrisoned as an infantry training center in 1903, and many new brick and wood-frame structures were built outside of the old fort.
		Fort Ontario was finally abandoned as a military post in 1946, and developed as a state park in 1949.
	www.geocities.com /lakeforts/Fort_Ontario.html (513 words)

	City of Oswego
		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.
		In 1756, Forts Ontario, Oswego, and George were garrisoned by a total of about 1,500 troops under the command of Colonel John Mercer.
	www.oswegony.org /ABOUT_fortoswegopark.html (137 words)

	USMHWeb26
		Fort Ontario, constructed of tree trunks cut flat on two sides, and set upright into the ground closely together, stood on a high plateau on the east side of the river at the point where the Oswego River emptied into Lake Ontario.
		Headquartered at the stone structure of Old Oswego, which stood on the west side of the river, opposite to Fort Ontario, was Colonel Hugh Mercer the garrison's commandant.
		Nearly one hundred of the fort's soldiers (including thirty who were in the fort's hospital at the time) and a number of civilians were massacred.
	www.motherbedford.com /USMHWeb26.htm (4464 words)

	The Story of Old Fort Plain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Fort Rensselaer-another name for Fort Plain-being, as he says, the headquarters for the river forts, he thought proper to have his own quarters near those of the commanding officer [Col. Willett], so as to furnish from his own company detachments as required.
		In the fort his blindfold was removed and he delivered his message to Major Ross, who received him very courteously, the latter inviting him to sit down to a dinner of cold ham, fowl, wine, etc., while the major looked over the papers.
		The Indians at Oswego had heard a rumor that "all their lands were to be taken from them and that they were to be driven to where the sun went down." They had threatened the life of the American messenger and were in an ugly mood.
	www.fortklock.com /greene23.htm (2776 words)

	Fort Oswego
		Fort Oswego was located at the mouth of the Oswego River on the southeast shore of Lake Ontario.
		Five years later, the English constructed the first fort on the site in response to continuing warfare with the French; several names were applied to the structure in its early years, but as time passed the title, Fort Oswego, was accepted.
		Fort Oswego emerged as a major installation; it was located on the earlier fort site on the east side of the river; Fort Ontario was built on the west side and was a less impressive structure, an outpost of the main fort.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1190.html (523 words)

	French and Indian War Le Regiment de Bearn - History and Uniform
		Oswego was intended to attract the fur trade of the western Indians, but it also provided a British base from which to strike at forts Frontenac and Niagara.
		Fort Ontario, a recently built star-shaped log fort, was located on high ground on the east side of the Oswego River.
		The wooden ramparts of Fort Ontario were useless against the French guns, and the garrison retreated across the river to Fort Oswego.
	www.militaryheritage.com /bearn.htm (1567 words)

	Introductions to The Pathfinder
		Fort Frontenac was built on the northern shore of the lake in 1672, but still the Konoshioni warned off the palefaces from the coveted ground at Choueguen.
		A third fort was also built to the westward of the older one, with a rampart of earth and stones, twenty feet thick, and twelve feet high, with a ditch in front fourteen feet wide, and ten feet deep.
		It was at this period, between the rebuilding of the fort and the final cession of Canada to England in 1763, that Natty is supposed to have been employed as a scout on the frontier.
	external.oneonta.edu /cooper/susan/susan-pathfinder.html (9197 words)

	Oswego County Promotion and Tourism, Restaurants
		A fort was built at the falls of the Oswego River in Fulton, guarding the land to the next navigable waterway.
		The fort located at the falls of the Oswego River in Fulton was built to the same specifications as Fort Brewerton in 1759.
		During the Battle of Oswego, August 1756, Fort Ontario was destroyed in a massive French attack, along with Forts Oswego and George.
	www.co.oswego.ny.us /tourism/grouptours/index.html (4332 words)

	Oswego
		Oswego was the name of the outpost or fort built on the south shore of Lake Ontario at the outlet of the Oswego River during the mid-1720s.
		During three decades of peace (1714-44), the traders at Oswego became the active component of the Indian fur trade as Albany merchants sent their younger sons to the shores of Lake Ontario.
		Oswego was erected as a county in 1816.
	www.nysm.nysed.gov /albany/na/oswego.html (394 words)

	Stockades and Settlements: a field guide to Revolutionary War sites in NY
		Fort Frey is a private residence on Route 5, one mile west of the Route 10 intersection in Palatine Bridge.
		Fort Plain was established sometime during 1776, and continued to be an important post during the conflict in the valley.
		Fort Ti was reconstructed by the Pell family in the 1930's, and probably has the largest collection of 18th century artillery anywhere.
	www.nyhistory.net /~drums/stockade.htm (3934 words)

	Research \| Library \| Bibliography
		Because of their undefined immigrant status, the refugees were not permitted to leave Fort Ontario, even to work or to visit family members already settled in the United States.
		The official history of the Fort Ontario camp from its inception in 1944 to its closure in February 1946.
		A special section of Oswego, New York's Palladium-Times published in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Fort Ontario shelter.
	ushmm.org /research/library/bibliography/index.php?content=fort_ontario (1853 words)

	Greater Oswego Chamber of Commerce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Oswego was unique among American cities because its rapid growth did not depend on just one circumstance or event.
		The construction of the first fort, Fort Oswego in 1722, on the West side of the Oswego River was followed by Fort Ontario, constructed on the east side of the river in 1775.
		Oswego was also the home of Mary Walker, a Civil War surgeon and the only woman in the history of the United States to win the Congressional Medal of Honor.
	www.oswegochamber.com /history.htm (465 words)

	Oswego - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The largest U.S. port on Lake Ontario, it is a port of entry and a northern terminus of the New York State Canal System.
		The strategic location prompted the building of Fort Oswego (1727), Fort George (1755), and Fort Ontario (1755; an active U.S. army post until 1946, now a state historic site).
		James Fenimore Cooper 's novel The Pathfinder is set in the Oswego River valley.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/O/Oswego.asp (330 words)

	Governor William Shirley
		After a very fatiguing march through the wilderness from Albany to Oswego on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, he arrived at the latter place in August, his little army of fifteen hundred men reduced by sickness and dispirited by the news of Braddock's disaster.
		Fort Pepperell (afterward Fort Oswego), on the west side, had a strong stone wall, with square towers; Fort Ontario on the east was built of huge logs and earth.
		The barbarians, afraid of cannon, refused to attack the fort, but were willing to fall upon the exposed camp at the head of the lake.
	publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/governorw_bai.html (934 words)

	City of Oswego
		Fort Ontario fell to the British in 1814 but, with the coming of peace and with the political support of the newly created Oswego County (1816), Oswegonians moved to build roads and bridges and to improve the navigation of the river.
		The Oswego branch of the Erie Canal opened in 1829 and, from the 1830's to the 1870's, Oswego boomed.
		Oswego is also blessed to have several fine museums that allow us to relive many aspects of the city's past.
	www.oswegony.org /ABOUT_history.html (392 words)

	Frontiersmen of New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Fort Rensselaer-another name for Fort* Plain-being, as he says, the headquarters of the river forts, he thought proper to have his own quarters near those of the commanding officer, so as to furnish from his own company detachments, as circumstances required.
		It is presumed, however, the house being small and the fort only a mile off, that his attendants all went thither, crossing at Walrath's Ferry, opposite the fort, some of whom returned in the morning to escort the Commander-in-chief over the river.
		He was afterwards at the capture of Fort Frontenac and returning from the campaign to Schenectada, In 1781, he there married Catharina Wasson, a niece of Matthew Thornton, a signer of the declaration of Independence.In 1762, he became a permanent settler of Cherry Valley.
	www.fortklock.com /simms1783.htm (15071 words)

	Fort Ontario (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Fort Ontario: The first British fort at Oswego was Fort Oswego in 1722 on the West side of the river.
		This original Fort Ontario (Also known as Fort of the Six Nations and East Fort) was 192 feet square (800 feet in circumfrence) of log construction 20 to 30 inches thick and 9 feet high with an en glacis counterscarp, surrounded by an 18 x 8 foot ditch.
		A British force reoccupied the Oswego area in June 1759, and constructed temporary fortifications, during BG Prideaux's expedition against Fort Niagara, and fought off an attack from La Presentation 5 July.
	www.dmna.state.ny.us /forts/fortsM_P/ontarioFort.htm (159 words)

	Halcyon Days: Launch
		Fort Oswego was built on the west bank and Fort Ontario on the east side of the river.
		Oswego was the gateway to the Great Lakes and was established as a port in 1725, making it the first freshwater port in the Americas.
		Oswego was no longer used as the main transfer port to the Midwest from the east coast.
	geocities.com /bill_fiero/oscan.htm (2545 words)

	DANIEL WEBB ... A General Webb of Deceit?
		Fort Bull had been destroyed the previous March, effectively cutting off the supply route to Fort Oswego on the shore of Lake Ontario and isolating the already undermanned garrison.
		Fort William Henry and Fort Edward were to serve as protective barriers against a French invasion.
		The fort was surveyed, recommendations were made regarding the deployment of troops to the southeast of the fort, and Captain Israel Putnam and a party of rangers were sent to reconnoiter the southern portion of Lake George.
	www.mohicanpress.com /mo08008.html (2919 words)

	Fort Oswego (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In the summer of 1724, to counter Magazin Royal (Joncaire's Blockhouse) at Niagara, New Yorker's under orders of Governor Burnet, established a fort and trading post at the mouth of the Oswego River on Lake Ontario.
		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).
		Built in 1727 by Gov. Burnet, strengthened and enlarged in 1755 by Gen. Shirley, garrisoned by 1700 royal and colonial troops.
	www.dmna.state.ny.us /forts/fortsM_P/oswegoFort.htm (214 words)

	Original Images of the French and Indian War
		In the latter location they built a fort on either side of the river, Fort Ontario on the east and Fort Oswego on the west.
		It was this fort that was the aim of Montcalm's plans in the late spring of 1756.
		After leaving Fort Ligonier, and about 25 miles east of Fort Pitt near Bushy Run, Bouquet was attacked on August 5 by a large force of Indians, who, once they learned of Bouquet's march, had left the siege of Fort Pitt to lay an ambush.
	www.philaprintshop.com /frchind.html (2638 words)

	The Story of Old Fort Plain
		They were troops of the New York line and part of a Rhode Island regiment and were all probably then stationed at the valley posts of which Fort Plain was the headquarters, and it was doubtless here that the planning and final preparations, for the Oswego expedition, were made.
		Be that as it may, the probability is, that had the attack been made, the impossibility of scaling the walls would have frustrated the design, with the loss of many brave men.
		The fort was surrounded by a deep moat, in which were planted many sharp pickets.
	www.threerivershms.com /greene22.htm (789 words)

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