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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z7D_jervis-library_Rome-NY.html
An eminent canal, railway and waterworks engineer, he began his career in connection with the Erie Canal construction at Rome in 1817. He was chief engineer for the completion of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, and for the original Croton Aqueduct …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JGD_the-oriskany-battle-monument_Rome-NY.html
On August 6, 1877, the centennial commemorating the Battle of Oriskany was celebrated. Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour was the main speaker. At sunrise, salutes fired from the guns on the battlefield announced a glorious day. Every home in the village…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTY_unknown-soldiers_Rome-NY.html
Here restUnknownSoldiersof theAmericanRevolution1775 - 1783
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTV_missionary-quarters_Rome-NY.html
While missionaries generally went into Indian lands simply with a desire to spread the word of the Christian God and to do good works, the American Revolution involved them in political missions as well. Both the Americans and the British used the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTU_suttler_Rome-NY.html
The suttler was a civilian trader who acted as a link between the fort and the outside world. He traded with local American Indians, periodically taking furs to Albany to exchange for money or other goods.Soldiers and their families could purchase…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTS_soldiers-quarters-barracks-building_Rome-NY.html
Compare this barracks building to the other soldiers' quarters in the casemates. At first glance this might look like a far more pleasant environment than the dark casemates. However, look at the gaps in the walls and consider how cold it would ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTP_junior-officers-quarters_Rome-NY.html
In contrast to the European military, where officer commissions were usually bought, in the Continental army it was possible to earn battlefield promotions. In this way even enlisted men could become junior ranking officers (e.g. ensign, lieutenan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTO_artillerymen_Rome-NY.html
Artillery was a specialist discipline, requiring knowledge of math and use of measuring tools to calculate trajectories of cannon and mortar. Artillery soldiers therefore received better pay and living conditions than regular soldiers, although th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTN_family-quarters_Rome-NY.html
Throughout the war, soldiers would have been accompanied by their families as they had no other way of supporting them. Later in the war it became common for officers, running low on assets, to also have their families join them.Most families woul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTM_soldiers-quarters-casemate_Rome-NY.html
This space represents a typical quarters for regular soldiers. A casemate of this size would have housed at least 40 soldiers every night.The soldiers cooked and ate by the fire, and slept on the straw bunks. Soldiers slept sitting up because it w…