Fort Crown Point was built by the combined efforts of both British and provincial troops (from New York and the New England Colonies) in North America...
9 KB (876 words) - 20:03, 29 January 2024
small detachment captured the nearby Fort Crown Point on May 11. Seven days later, Arnold and 50 men raided Fort Saint-Jean on the Richelieu River in...
39 KB (4,385 words) - 21:06, 20 May 2024
York State across the lake from modern Vermont at the town of Crown Point, New York. The fort, whose construction began in 1734, was never attacked, and...
6 KB (574 words) - 19:51, 25 September 2022
Road) Crown Point, Alaska Crown Point, California extends into Mission Bay, San Diego Crown Point, Indiana, Lake County Crown Point, New York Fort Crown Point...
1 KB (189 words) - 14:41, 27 April 2024
destroyed their fort to keep it out of the hands of the British. The latter built Fort Crown Point in 1759, then the largest earthen fort in their colonies...
15 KB (1,432 words) - 17:40, 4 May 2024
is on a peninsula in the town of Crown Point, New York. Crown Point is the location of the 1734–1759 French-built Fort St. Frédéric limestone fortress...
6 KB (790 words) - 03:42, 30 December 2023
Army and colonial militia forces to connect Fort Crown Point near the southern end of Lake Champlain to the Fort at Number 4 in what is now Charlestown, New...
6 KB (633 words) - 15:00, 23 January 2022
valley. The Continental Army had retreated from Quebec to Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Crown Point in June 1776 after British forces were massively reinforced...
47 KB (4,704 words) - 01:48, 25 April 2024
defeat at Saratoga, the fort at Ticonderoga became increasingly irrelevant. The British abandoned it and nearby Fort Crown Point in November 1777, destroying...
54 KB (5,614 words) - 21:18, 1 May 2024
Seth Warner (section Ticonderoga and Crown Point)
brigade commander. He is best known for his leadership in the capture of Fort Crown Point, the Battle of Longueuil, the siege of Quebec, the retreat from Canada...
39 KB (5,290 words) - 02:17, 10 May 2024
significant hardships to reach the village from the British base at Fort Crown Point in present-day New York, and even more hardship afterwards. Chased...
23 KB (3,406 words) - 16:26, 27 February 2024
ships, including Enterprise, past the British fleet that night towards Fort Crown Point. A running battle took place over the next two days, and resulted in...
7 KB (682 words) - 10:46, 8 February 2024
British Fort Ticonderoga, Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen led a force of colonial militia that captured Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Crown Point, and raided...
65 KB (7,851 words) - 13:03, 30 April 2024
three pronged attack on Montreal the following month. Setting off from Fort Crown Point they had to fight against a superior force of French and their allied...
17 KB (2,172 words) - 17:06, 16 June 2023
Bibb Fort Bowyer Fort Carney Fort Claiborne Fort Condé, open to the public Fort Crawford Fort Dale Fort Decatur Fort Easley Fort Gaines Fort Glass Fort Hampton...
28 KB (2,237 words) - 13:00, 17 April 2024
contains more than 100 peaks, including Mount Marcy, which is the highest point in New York at 5,344 feet (1,629 m). The Adirondack High Peaks, a traditional...
27 KB (2,992 words) - 03:06, 15 May 2024
September overseeing the construction of a small navy, Fort Crown Point (a new fort next to the ruins of Fort St. Frédéric), and supply roads to the area from...
24 KB (2,532 words) - 10:41, 3 February 2024
plan and sends an injured officer back to Fort Crown Point requesting the British send supplies to old Fort Wentworth, to be met by the returning rangers...
13 KB (1,619 words) - 20:36, 27 March 2024
area its new English name, Chimney Point. On the west side of the lake, the British built massive Fort Crown Point with forty-foot-high walls and a six-acre...
21 KB (2,567 words) - 05:54, 23 July 2023
Crown Point (also known historically as Thor's Heights or Thor's Crown) is a basalt promontory on the Columbia River Gorge and an associated state park...
7 KB (621 words) - 15:39, 27 February 2024
Fort Point, known historically as the Castillo de San Joaquín (Spanish for "Saint Joachim's Castle") is a masonry seacoast fortification located on the...
21 KB (2,204 words) - 05:08, 26 April 2024
carrying the army was on the lake, and they had arrived at the unoccupied Fort Crown Point by 30 June. The Indians and other elements of the advance force laid...
25 KB (2,858 words) - 18:48, 10 February 2024
moved from Québec and the third under William Haviland moved from Fort Crown Point. After capturing French positions and outposts along the way all three...
52 KB (6,484 words) - 09:23, 13 February 2024
Knox transported fifty-nine captured cannons (taken from Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Crown Point) from upstate New York to Boston, Massachusetts; took 56...
38 KB (4,426 words) - 23:21, 20 May 2024
designation. The Crown Point State Historic Site includes two separately listed National Historic Landmarks: Fort Crown Point NHL and Fort Frederic NHL....
13 KB (288 words) - 15:24, 20 May 2024
Stanton Fort Sumner Fort Tularosa Fort Union Fort Wingate (aka Fort Lyon) Fort Amsterdam Castle Clinton Fort Clinton Fort Columbus Fort Crown Point Fort Drum...
71 KB (5,630 words) - 01:46, 26 April 2024
The property remains part of the Crown Estate, is home to private tenants and is not open to the public. The Fort Belvedere estate is situated in the...
26 KB (3,177 words) - 15:04, 6 May 2024
Galle Fort (Sinhala: ගාලු කොටුව Galu Kotuwa; Tamil: காலிக் கோட்டை, romanized: Kālik Kōṭṭai), in the Bay of Galle on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, was...
25 KB (2,891 words) - 16:27, 18 May 2024
force of 83 men captured the fort without a fight on May 10. The next day, a detachment captured the nearby Fort Crown Point, again without combat. Arnold...
19 KB (2,500 words) - 04:06, 21 February 2024
ran diagonally from the ruins of the originally British fort Crown Point southeast to the Fort at Number 4 on the Connecticut River in Charlestown, New...
2 KB (246 words) - 01:52, 16 November 2019