Revolutionary War Forts: New York [Hardcover]

Fully illustrated compendium of the 18 New York forts that played significant and strategic roles during the Revolutionary War.During the Revolutionary War, forts in New York were instrumental in initiating and maintaining Americas desire for independence and helped the nascent nation to eventually prevail.These forts saw crucial, campaign-determining naval battles, and pivotal land engagements between battle-hardened well-led British troops and unproven American militia. In both land and sea engagements the garrisons deployed a range of weapons including different calibers of smooth-bore cannon, howitzers, musket, bayonets, and even tomahawks.Covering Amsterdam, Clinton, Fort Clinton at West Point, Dayton, Decker, Flagstaff, Au Fer, Brooklyn, Defiance, Franklin, Golgotha, Herkimer, Jay, Klock, Montgomery, Niagra Old Stone Fort, Salonga, Stanwix, Ticonderoga, Wadsworth, and Washington, this expert text discusses design, armament, and current status of the forts. It explores their garrisons, commanders, and the battles fought, as well as the spatial and military dependent relationships these forts had with one another.Fully illustrated compendium of the 18 New York forts that played significant and strategic roles during the Revolutionary War.Offering detail on design, armament of each fort, along with its current state.Covering the battles fought by the garrisons of the forts. The first of four volumes on Revolutionary War forts which together will provide a comprehensive overview.All the major fortifications are covered, including Ticonderoga, Stanwix, Oswego, Niagara and Crown Point as well a number of lesser-known ones. You can certainly start creating your own tabletop forts from the images and game some of the actions described.Michael Garlock has put together a beautifully illustrated guide to 23 New York forts that featured American and British roles in the Revolutionary War. [A]n informative book and suitable as a quick reference.[I]t contains much inl�