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The Capture of Fort Niagara took place 18-19 December 1813 [3] during the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States. The American garrison was taken by surprise, and the fort was captured in a night assault by a select force of British regular infantry .
Fort Niagara was designated a National Historic Landmark on October 9, 1960, as "Old Fort Niagara". [12] The Colonial Niagara Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. [1] It is a major contributing element to the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area. [14] Lake Ontario from Fort Niagara
The siege of Fort Erie, also known as the Battle of Erie, from 4 August to 21 September 1814, was one of the last engagements of the War of 1812, between British and American forces. It took place during the Niagara campaign, and the Americans successfully defended Fort Erie against a British army. During the siege, the British suffered high ...
The Niagara campaign occurred in 1814 and was the final campaign launched by the United States to invade Canada during the War of 1812. The campaign was launched to counter the British offensive in the Niagara region which had been initiated with the capture of Fort Niagara in December, 1813. As part of that campaign, and in response to the ...
Fort Niagara, a fort used in the American Revolutionary War, the Seven Years' War, and the War of 1812. The Battle of Fort Niagara of the Seven Years' War, taking place in July 1759. The Capture of Fort Niagara of the War of 1812, taking place in December 1813. The Battle of Lundy's Lane also called the Battle of Niagara, of the War of 1812 ...
Given the fort's location near the Canada–United States border, the fort became the centre of several military actions during the War of 1812. In October 1812, the fort was subject to bombardment with heated shots from American forces in Fort Niagara, as a diversion for the American assault on Queenston Heights. [9]
An American force led by Col. Winfield Scott seized Fort George and the town of Queenston across the Niagara (May–June 1813), but the British regained control of this area in December 1813. A two-pronged American drive on Montreal from Sackett's Harbor and Plattsburgh, New York in the fall of 1813 ended in a complete fiasco.
The Documentary History of the Campaign upon the Niagara Frontier in the Year 1814 (Reprint ed.). by Arno Press. ISBN 0-405-02838-5. Elting, John R. (1995). Amateurs to Arms! A military history of the War of 1812. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80653-3. Graves, Donald E. (1993). The Battle of Lundy's Lane, On the Niagara in 1814.