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The Revolutionary War Campsite is a historic archaeological site in West Hartford, Connecticut. It was the site of a 1778 encampment of Continental Army soldiers during the American Revolutionary War. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]
Putnam Memorial State Park is a history-oriented public recreation area in the town of Redding, Connecticut. [3] The state park preserves the site that Major General Israel Putnam chose as the winter encampment for his men in the winter of 1778/1779 during the American Revolutionary War. [4] It is Connecticut's oldest state park, created in ...
The fort played a key role in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, in correspondence with Fort Trumbull on the opposite side of the Thames River. Griswold defended the port of New London, Connecticut, a supply center for the Continental Army and friendly port for Connecticut-based privateers who targeted British shipping. [3]
Fort Morris is an earthen works fort in Liberty County, Georgia, in the United States.The fort is on a bend in the Medway River and played an important role in the protection of southeast Georgia throughout various conflicts beginning in 1741 and ending in 1865 at the conclusion of the American Civil War, [2] including the French and Indian and American Revolutionary Wars and War of 1812. [2]
Colonial, Revolutionary War, Second System, Civil War: 1657: 1866: 1890: State park, forts on site are mostly reconstructions Connecticut: Fort Black Rock/Fort Union: Black Rock: Fairfield: Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Spanish–American War: 1776: 1899: 1899: Site now in Bridgeport, replaced by Fort Union in 1813 Connecticut: Fort Saybrook ...
The Burning of Fairfield refers to the action of the American Revolutionary War at Fairfield, Connecticut on July 7, 1779 after a British landing force under the command of General William Tryon attacked the town, engaged and dispersed its militia forces, and burned down the vast majority of its buildings. [2]
Fort Morris Historic Site is a Georgia state historic park in Liberty County, Georgia, in the United States.The fort is on a bend in the Medway River and played an important role in the protection of southeast Georgia throughout various conflicts beginning in 1741 and ending in 1865 at the conclusion of the American Civil War, [3] including the French and Indian and American Revolutionary Wars ...
The Fourth Camp of Rochambeau's Army is a historic military camp site near Plains Road and Lovers Lane on the banks of the Shetucket River in Windham, Connecticut. [2] It was here that the French Army encamped in the summer of 1781 under the command of Rochambeau on their march from Providence, Rhode Island to rendezvous with the Continental Army under General George Washington.