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This fort, with the nearby village of Oswego, New York, was a vital staging point on the American supply route from New York. Ordnance, food and other supplies were carried up the Mohawk River and across Lake Oneida, to Oswego, before making the final leg of the journey across the southeast corner of Lake Ontario to Sackett's Harbor.
Sergeant Alfred A. Stratton of Co. G, 147th New York Infantry. He lost his arms on June 18, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia. The 147th New York Infantry Regiment , the "Oswego Regiment" or "Ploughboys", was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War .
The complex of defenses at Oswego consisted of three separate forts. On the east side of the Oswego River lay Fort Ontario, a log fortification which was constructed in 1755, was sited on a rise overlooking the mouth of the river. It was garrisoned by 370 men from Pepperrell's Regiment, and was in fairly good repair. Fort Oswego was on the west ...
Oswego, City Of, New York: Cable Ferry By Which The River Was Crossed 1803 15: THIS WAS THE At Intersection Of W. Seneca & W. First Sts. Oswego, City Of, New York: First Building In Oswego To Be Used As A School House, Church And Public Hall Erected About 1806 16: CAPTAIN On County Road At Redfield Redfield, Town Of, New York
Fort Oswego was an 18th-century trading post in the Great Lakes region in North America, which became the site of a battle between French and British Army forces in 1756 during the North American phase of the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as 'The French and Indian War.'
Pages in category "People from Oswego County, New York" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Victory Mills is a historic textile mill building located at Victory in Saratoga County, New York, and was built in 1918 by the American Manufacturing Company.It is a rectangular, five story brick and reinforced concrete building measuring 282 feet (86 m) by 157 feet (48 m), and has about 220,000 square feet (20,000 m 2) of space.
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran (French pronunciation: [lwi ʒozɛf də mɔ̃kalm ɡozɔ̃]; 28 February 1712 – 14 September 1759) was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War (whose North American theatre is also referred to as the French and Indian War).