Fort Stanwix

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Fort Stanwix is a reconstructed 18th-century American Revolutionary War fort and National Monument located in present-day Rome, New York.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Monument of the United States
historical fort
reconstructed fort
alsoKnownAs Fort Schuyler
architecturalStyle star fort
builtFor British Army
controlledBy Great Britain
United States of America
coordinateLatitude 43.212
coordinateLongitude -75.456
country United States of America
demolished late 18th century
established 1935
establishedBy United States Congress
garrisonedBy British Army
Continental Army
hasHeritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places listing
hasMuseum visitor center museum
heritageDesignationCountry United States of America
locatedIn Mohawk Valley
New York (state)
linked to: New York

Oneida County, New York
Rome, New York
downtown Rome, New York
linked to: Rome, New York
locatedNear Erie Canal
Oneida Carry
locatedOnWaterway Mohawk River
maintainedBy National Park Service
managingOrganization National Park Service
materialUsed earthworks
timber
notableEvent Battle of Oriskany (nearby, 1777)
linked to: Battle of Oriskany

Siege of Fort Stanwix (1777)
openToPublic true
originalConstructionEnd 1762
originalConstructionStart 1758
originalUse frontier fortification
military post
ownedBy United States federal government
partOf Fort Stanwix National Monument
reconstructionCompleted 1970s
reconstructionStart 1960s
significantFor blocking British advance from the west during Saratoga campaign
defense of the Mohawk Valley in 1777
topic American Revolutionary War history
colonial frontier defense
usedDuringConflict American Revolutionary War
French and Indian War

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Rome, New York contains Fort Stanwix
British posts in the Old Northwest hasPart Fort Oswegatchie
linked to: Fort Stanwix
Barry St. Leger locationOfActivity Fort Stanwix
Peter Gansevoort hasPartInMottoOrInscription “Fort Schuyler” name used for Fort Stanwix during his command
linked to: Fort Stanwix
Tryon County militia associatedWith Fort Stanwix