Fort Stanwix

(noun)

Fort Stanwix was a colonial fort whose construction commenced on August 26, 1758, under the direction of British General John Stanwix, at the location of present-day Rome, New York, but was not completed until about 1762.

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  • The Treaty of Fort Stanwix

    • The Treaty of Fort Stanwix was one of several treaties signed between Native Americans and the United States after the American Revolution.
    • The Treaty of Fort Stanwix was a treaty signed in October 1784 between the United States and its Native Americans at Fort Stanwix (located in present-day Rome, New York).
    • 1785 Treaty of Fort McIntosh with Wyandotte, Delaware, Chippewa and Ottawa leaders for lands in Ohio
    • 1786 Treaty of Fort Finney with Shawnee leaders for portions of Ohio

  • Burgoyne's Army and the Battle of Saratoga

    • Burgoyne's campaign began successfully with the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, but quickly slowed due to logistical problems and harassment by Patriot forces.
    • As Burgoyne's troops attempted to march from Ticonderoga to Fort Edward, Patriot forces systematically felled trees, destroyed bridges, and dammed streams in Burgoyne's path.
    • Leaving Oswego on July 25, they launched a siege on Fort Stanwix, located on the Mohawk River, on August 2.
    • Leger that he was bringing a large army to defend Fort Stanwix, resulting in the withdrawal of St.
    • Leger's remaining men eventually arrived at Fort Ticonderoga on September 27, but they arrived too late to effectively support Burgoyne.

  • American Indians and the New Nation

    • The Treaty of Fort Stanwix was signed in New York in October 1784 between the US government and the indigenous peoples of the land they now occupied.
    • At one time, historians believed the Treaty of Fort Stanwix was an example of Iroquois being forced to accept unreasonable cessions.

  • The War and Its Consequences

    • The Treaty of Fort Stanwix and the Treaty of Hard Labor, both signed 1768, and the Treaty of Lochaber of 1770, opened much of what is now West Virginia and Kentucky to British settlement.

  • Attack on Fort Sumter

    • The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first armed conflict of the Civil War.
    • The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War.
    • Conditions at the fort were difficult during the winter of 1860–1861.
    • He received news that Fort Sumter had only six weeks of rations left.
    • At about 7:00 a.m., Captain Abner Doubleday, the fort's second in command, was given the honor of firing the first shot in defense of the fort.

  • Fort Ticonderoga

    • The capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War when a small force of Green Mountain Boys, led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold, overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison.
    • After seizing Ticonderoga, a small detachment captured the nearby Fort Crown Point on May 11.
    • The French had destroyed the powder magazine when they abandoned the fort, and the fort had fallen further into disrepair since then.
    • After the war began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, the British General Thomas Gage realized the fort would require fortification; simultaneously, several colonists had the idea of capturing the fort.
    • Eventually, as many as 400 men arrived at the fort, which they plundered for liquor and other provisions.

  • The War in the Chesapeake

    • The Battle of Fort McHenry was no battle at all.
    • British guns and rockets bombarded the fort and then moved out of range of the American cannons, which returned no fire.
    • All the lights were extinguished in Baltimore the night of the attack, and the fort was bombarded for 25 hours.
    • The only light was given off by the exploding shells over Fort McHenry, illuminating the flag that was still flying over the fort.
    • Describe the burning of Washington, D.C. and the subsequent battles of Baltimore and Fort McHenry

  • Hindu Rajput Kingdoms

    • Later, Sultan Alauddin Khilji of the Delhi Sultanate took the two Rajput forts of Chittor and Ranthambore, but he did not succeed in holding them.
    • Through their many centuries of rule in northern India, the Rajputs built spectacular forts and palaces .
    • Situated in Jaisalmer in the Indian state of Rajasthan, Jaisalmer Fort is one of the largest forts in the world.
    • The fort has three layers of walls and an ingenious drainage system that allows for easy drainage of rainwater away from the fort in all four directions.
    • Built from yellow sandstone, it shines honey gold at sunset and is, consequently, also known as the Golden Fort.

  • Bibliography

    • Saunders College Publishing, Fort Worth, 1988.

  • The Battles: 1863–1865

    • Fort Monroe in Virginia; Fort Sumter in South Carolina; and Fort Pickens, Fort Jefferson, and Fort Taylor, all in Florida, were the remaining Union-held forts in the Confederacy, and Lincoln was determined to hold them all.
    • Under orders from Confederate President Jefferson Davis, troops controlled by the Confederate government bombarded Fort Sumter on April 12, forcing its capitulation.
    • Most Northerners rallied behind Lincoln's call for all states to send troops to recapture the forts and to preserve the Union.
    • Grant, who won victories at Forts Henry and Donelson, the Battle of Shiloh, and the Battle of Vicksburg, which cemented Union control of the Mississippi River and is considered one of the turning points of the war.