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...
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The Battle of Fort Oswego was one in a series of early French victories in the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War won in spite of New France's...
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Oswego (/ɒsˈwiːɡoʊ/) is a city in and the county seat of Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 16,921 at the 2020 census. Oswego...
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The Battle of Fort Oswego was a partially successful British raid on Fort Ontario and the village of Oswego, New York on 6 May 1814 during the War of...
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U.S. Custom House in Lower Manhattan. A second Fort George was built by the British in 1755 at Oswego, New York, but it was destroyed by the French commander...
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Frontenac for a potential assault on Oswego, a British fort across Lake Ontario. Montcalm's assemblage of troops at Fort Carillon distracted the attention...
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Fort Ontario is an American historic bastion fort situated by the City of Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It is owned by the state of New York and operated...
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success of his 1756 assault on Fort Oswego, Montcalm had been seeking an opportunity to deal with the British position at Fort William Henry to provide the...
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the site of Fort Oswego (captured and burned by the French in 1756), and then cross the lake to assault Frontenac. The British considered Fort Frontenac...
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armed forces deduced that a British raiding force was going to attack Fort Oswego. The British raiders would number 500 soldiers, 400 marines, 200 sailors...
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be disrupted. Fort Frontenac was also regarded as a threat to Fort Oswego, which had been built by the British across the lake from Fort Frontenac in 1722...
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the fortress. May 6 – War of 1812 – Battle of Fort Oswego: British forces attack Fort Ontario at Oswego, New York. May 14–16 – War of 1812 – American...
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Oregon In New York: Oswego, New York, a city in Oswego County State University of New York at Oswego, a public university Fort Oswego, which occupied the...
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attack on Fort Oswego in his absence when he planned to attack Fort Niagara. As a response, he left garrisons at Oswego, Fort Bull, and Fort Williams,...
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and her court. August 14 – Seven Years' War: French and Indian War – Fort Oswego falls to the French. August 29 – Frederick II of Prussia invades Saxony...
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set the powder magazines on fire. The fort was burned to the ground. The establishment of Fort Oswego (modern Oswego, New York) in the 1720s on the south...
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weak condition of Fort Oswego were largely ignored in midst of their ongoing power struggle. The French captured and burned Oswego later the same year...
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the army arrived at Fort Oswego, where they were joined by Johnson and about 600 Iroquois. Leaving men behind to garrison Oswego Prideaux departed on...
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Battle of Carillon (redirect from Battle of Fort Carillon)
resistance) did not surrender until 1760, with campaigns launched from Fort Oswego, Quebec, and Carillon, which was captured and renamed Ticonderoga in...
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commander of all English forces in North America Prompted by the loss of Fort Oswego during the French and Indian War, he sent one thousand regulars to strategically...
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State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego or Oswego State) is a public university in Oswego, New York. It has a total student population of...
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the capture of Fort Oswego in 1756 and the 1757 Battle of Fort William Henry. He was wounded in 1758 at the successful defense of Fort Carillon. He sailed...
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Europe. Battle of Fort Oswego. 1757 – Siege of Fort William Henry. 1758 – Siege of Louisbourg; Battle of Fort Frontenac; Battle of Fort Duquesne. The first...
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Peter Gansevoort (section Siege of Fort Stanwix)
extended from the Hudson River valley and Fort Edward and Fort George, along the Mohawk River Valley to Fort Oswego in the northwest. This was to be the axis...
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Carrying-Place Trail from proceeding to the British fort in Oswego, New York. Known as Fort Toronto (or Fort Portneuf), the trading post saw immediate success...
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French. Schuyler took part in the battles of Lake George, Oswego River, Carillon and Fort Frontenac. After the war, Bradstreet sent Schuyler to England...
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Brant and his Indians went to Fort Oswego, where they helped rebuild the fort. In July 1782, he and 460 Iroquois raided forts Herkimer and Dayton, but they...
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1800 War of 1812 Battle of York Battle of Fort George Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor Battle of Fort Oswego Battle of Mackinac Island Battle of New Orleans...
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instructions to bring as many Iroquois warriors as he could to Fort Oswego for an attack on Fort Stanwix as a part of the Saratoga Campaign. Butler persuaded...
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War beginning in 1754. Shirley led a military expedition to reinforce Fort Oswego in 1755, and became Commander-in-Chief, North America upon the death...
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