82:
to safeguard supply lines to Oswego. These small forts became Fort Bull and Fort
Williams. Two years into the war in March 1756 a French-led attack accompanied by Canadians and Native Americans destroyed Fort Bull and its connecting supply routes. To rebuild their strength on the Carry the British
91:, and fearing another French invasion, the British Commander on the Carry, General Webb, ordered all Forts and other works on the Carry to be destroyed. The British then retreated to the German Flatts and gave up on the Carry.
115:
Luzader, John F. Fort
Stanwix: History, Historic Furnishings, and Historic Structure Reports. Washington: Office of Park Historic Preservation, National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1976.
212:
87:
became a large military complex for
British troops. Yet, in late August rumors began to spread of weaknesses in the British strongholds on the Carry. Following the
207:
124:
Willett, William M. A Narrative of the
Military Actions of Colonel Marinus Willett, Taken Chiefly From His Own Manuscript. New York: G.C.H. Carvill, 1831.
46:. The fort was capable of holding a garrison of sixty to seventy men. The fort was attacked and destroyed by the French on March 27, 1756, in the
197:
202:
42:
ordered
Captain Mark Petrie to take the men under his command and to build a fort on the upper landing of Wood Creek to protect the
143:
158:
71:
106:
Watt, Gavin K. Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley: The St. Leger
Expedition of 1777. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2002.
88:
75:
32:
24:
47:
28:
39:
191:
84:
79:
63:
59:
43:
20:
133:
Scott, John Albert. Fort
Schuyler and Oriskany. Rome: Rome Sentinel Company, 1927.
83:
replaced Fort Bull with Fort Wood Creek. In the following Summer of 1756, the
67:
173:
160:
78:
broke out the
English built two small stockade forts on the
144:"The Oneida Carry and Its Early Fortifications: 1755-1757"
70:. It was primarily used as a fur trade route between the
62:
was the
English name for the portage path between the
213:
Buildings and structures in Oneida County, New York
8:
99:
7:
58:During the eighteenth century, the
208:Colonial forts in New York (state)
14:
74:and English Traders. Once the
1:
38:On October 29, 1755 Governor
142:Park Ranger William Sawyer,
31:, United States) during the
198:French and Indian War forts
229:
203:Forts in New York (state)
72:Dutch East India Company
174:43.22417°N 75.50250°W
148:National Park Service
89:Battle of Fort Oswego
76:French and Indian War
33:French and Indian War
25:British North America
179:43.22417; -75.50250
170: /
150:, February 26, 2015
48:Battle of Fort Bull
19:was located at the
220:
185:
184:
182:
181:
180:
175:
171:
168:
167:
166:
163:
151:
140:
134:
131:
125:
122:
116:
113:
107:
104:
228:
227:
223:
222:
221:
219:
218:
217:
188:
187:
178:
176:
172:
169:
164:
161:
159:
157:
156:
154:
141:
137:
132:
128:
123:
119:
114:
110:
105:
101:
97:
56:
40:William Shirley
12:
11:
5:
226:
224:
216:
215:
210:
205:
200:
190:
189:
153:
152:
135:
126:
117:
108:
98:
96:
93:
55:
52:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
225:
214:
211:
209:
206:
204:
201:
199:
196:
195:
193:
186:
183:
149:
145:
139:
136:
130:
127:
121:
118:
112:
109:
103:
100:
94:
92:
90:
86:
81:
77:
73:
69:
65:
61:
53:
51:
49:
45:
41:
36:
34:
30:
26:
22:
18:
155:
147:
138:
129:
120:
111:
102:
85:Oneida Carry
80:Oneida Carry
64:Mohawk River
60:Oneida Carry
57:
44:Oneida Carry
37:
21:Oneida Carry
16:
15:
177: /
192:Categories
162:43°13′27″N
95:References
68:Wood Creek
165:75°30′9″W
17:Fort Bull
29:New York
54:History
27:(now
66:and
23:in
194::
146:,
50:.
35:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.