The Fort

Replica of Sutter’s Fort

Constructed on the basic plan of Sutter’s original fort one hundred years after its erection in Sacramento by that distinguished pioneer Captain John Augustus Sutter. The building of this replica of one of the most outstanding landmarks ...

Storming the Fort

... The men nobly responded to their officers' call and pour over the edge of the ditch into the dry moat, and then, scrambling up the bank, some on hands and knees, some stepping on their bayonets thrust into the ...

Defending the Fort

Clearly one of the Fort’s entrances, this “sally port” was probably

needed here to rush men and perhaps cannons out to defend

against an assault up the ravine behind you. This was the only

place a body of hostile infantry could gather for ...

The Impregnable Fortress

You are now at the western end of Fort Mulligan. The acute angles at this end of the works were clearly designed to be occupied by several artillery pieces to fend off attacks from the Seneca Road and the ravine ...

The Last Days of Fort Mulligan

In December of 1863, Colonel James Mulligan returned to

New Creek and Colonel Joseph Thoburn took command of the

1,785 Union soldiers at Petersburg. Confederate Major General

Fitzhugh Lee’s forces began to move on Petersburg on January 3rd, with intentions of capturing Colonel ...

The Site of Old Fort Schuyler

40 mile route taken by Gen. Herkimer Aug. 3-6, 1777 for the relief of Fort Stanwix. The Battle of Oriskany Aug. 6, between Herkimer's men and St. Leger with his Indians was the turning point of the Revolution.

The site of ...

The Site of Old Fort Schuyler

1758

[Text on north side of marker]:

The Site of

Old Fort Schuyler

1758

[Text on south side of marker]:

The historical and patriotic

societies of Utica place this

stone to mark the site of one

of a chain of fort's built to

protect the northern frontier

from the French and ...

The Fort at Horn Point

Near here, at the end of Eastern Avenue, is the site of one of three forts built to defend Annapolis Harbor from British raids during the Revolutionary War.

Built in 1776, the fort had major defenses of trenches, earthen ramparts and ...

The Fort Howard Story

Green Bay's Fort Howard,

as well as Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, was built following the War of 1812 to establish a U.S. presence in the Wisconsin territory and strategically cut off British access to trade routes. The forts were ...

The Spanish Fort

In 1891 upon the completion of the Tampa Bay Hotel, Henry B. Plant recovered two Civil War cannon from across the Hillsborough River at the site of Old Fort Brooke. With his landscape architect Anton Fiehe, Mr. Plant placed the ...