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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FPT_those-buried-at-fort-ontario_Oswego-NY.html
Although the majority of those buried in the post cemetery were enlisted men who died of sudden or protracted illness, several stones mark the graves of career retired soldiers, such as Sergeant John S. Trowell, who died later in life. The backgro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FPS_the-post-cemetery_Oswego-NY.html
Dedicated on July 1, 1906, Fort Ontario's post cemetery contains the graves of 77 British and American soldiers, as well as some of their wives, mothers, and children. The original cemetery was established 300 yards southeast of the fort in 1759 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FNS_12-unknown-revolutionary-soldiers_Oswego-NY.html
1776 1906In gratefulremembranceof the services oftwelve unknownRevolutionary soldierswho lie buried here.———————-This monumentis erected byFort Oswego ChapterDaughters ofthe American Revo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FNR_british-invasion_Oswego-NY.html
Site of British Attacks on Fort Ontario, May 5-7, 1814After enduring a heavy bombardment by a British fleet under the command of Sir James Yeo, and repelling an amphibious assault on May 5, 1814, 290 men of the 3rd U.S. Artillery and 200 militia u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FNQ_fort-ontario-state-historic-site_Oswego-NY.html
The British fort was the base for Loyalist-Native American raids throughoutNew York and the starting point ofGeneral St. Leger's aborted 1777 invasion.Revolutionary War Heritage Trail
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FNP_frenchmans-island_Constantia-NY.html
Camp site of Van Schaick'sexpedition on returnfrom attack on OnondagaApril 22, 1779.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FNO_john-bernhard_Bernhards-Bay-NY.html
First settlernear this spotJohn Bernhardmade first settlementin Bernhard's Bay1795
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FNN_st-legers-army_Bernhards-Bay-NY.html
Over this water routeSt. Leger'sArmypassed to investFort StanwixJuly 29 1777
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FLC_commanding-the-forces_Oswego-NY.html
A Diverse Group
The war effort was lead by distinguished men on both sides whose effectiveness at their jobs varied, but the impacts of their campaigns on border communities were dramatic. Their ranks and commands changed frequently, they celebrat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FKU_starr-clark-tin-shop_Mexico-NY.html
Starr Clark was eulogized by Reverend M.D. Kinney as a man who believed in "impartial justice for all men, without regard to condition or color." Clark arrived in Mexico in 1832 and quickly became active in the abolitionist community. He wrote the…