Fort Oswego

Fort Oswego was an 18th-century trading post in the Great Lakes region in North America, which became the site of a battle between French and British forces in 1756 during the North American phase of the Seven Years' War known as the French and Indian War. The fort was established in 1727, on the orders of New York governor William Burnet, adjacent to a 1722 blockhouse that had originally been a way station for French traders. The log palisade fort established a British presence on the Great Lakes.

In 1756, the fort's garrison, consisting of British Army troops from the 50th and 51st Foot were besieged by a combined French and Native American force. The garrison, after suffering 150 casualties, surrendered. The French took a 1,700 soldiers and civilians prisoner, and destroyed the fort itself. The site is now included in the city of Oswego, New York. To the French, the fort was called Fort Chouaguen.

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Fort Oswego staat op plaats 2.310 van 5.793 in de bekendheidsranglijst van deze atlas en op plaats 61 van de 98 die de atlas in de Verenigde Staten in kaart brengt. Gebouwd in 1727, en daarmee ouder dan 23% van de gedateerde bouwwerken in de atlas — een van de 360 bouwwerken in de atlas die uit de 18e eeuw stammen. Zie hoe dat zich verhoudt in de kastelenstatistiek.

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