Unrealized Expectations

Unrealized Expectations (HMLU6)

Location: Rome, NY 13440 Oneida County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 12.666', W 75° 27.247'

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— Fort Stanwix National Monument —

The British gun battery of four cannons and four mortars was located near the brick-red high rise building you see today in front of you. These relatively small weapons were unable to cause significant damage to the fort.

British commander Barry St. Leger ignored advice to bring larger cannons. He was expecting near-deserted and ramshackle defenses. Instead he encountered several hundred men making the finishing touches to the fort bastion (the point of the fort) behind you. The fort's commander later admitted that, if St. Leger's had come better prepared, the fort "Must inevitably have fallen."

The British gun battery was protected by fascines, bundles of brush bound tightly and set horizontally into a wall of earth.

My reconoitering party returned and met me with five prisoners...Talking over the intelligence the rebel prisoners gave, [St. Leger] owned that if they intended to defend themselves in that fort our artillery was not sufficient to take it.
Col. Daniel Claus to Secretary Knox, 1777
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HM NumberHMLU6
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Placed ByNational Park Service
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Date Added Friday, October 3rd, 2014 at 12:18am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 463112 N 4784357
Decimal Degrees43.21110000, -75.45411667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 12.666', W 75° 27.247'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 12' 39.96" N, 75° 27' 14.82" W
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Area Code(s)315
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 182-198 E Park St, Rome NY 13440, US
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