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Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 36
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Fort Dearborn, Fort Mackinac, Fort Bowyer, Fort York, Fort Niagara, Fort McHenry, Fort Shelby, Fort Wetherill, Fort Jay, Forts of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fort Erie, Castle Williams, Fort Osage, Fort Adams, Ile aux Noix, Fort St. Joseph, Fort Johnson, Fort Nathan Hale, Newport Barracks, Fort George, Ontario, Fort Amherstburg, Fort Oswego, Fort Meigs, Fort Holmes, Fort Defiance, Fort Malden, Fort Hamilton Historic District, Fort Bellefontaine, Fort Schlosser, Fort Cap au Gris, Fort Williams, Fort Decatur, Fort Stephenson. Excerpt: Fort Mackinac is a former American military outpost garrisoned from the late 18th century to the late 19th century near Michilimackinac, Michigan, on Mackinac Island. The British built the fort during the American Revolutionary War to control the strategic Straits of Mackinac between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (and by extension the fur trade on the Great Lakes) and did not relinquish it until fifteen years after American independence. It later became the scene of two strategic battles for control of the Great Lakes during the War of 1812. During most of the 19th century, it served as an outpost of the United States Army. Closed in 1895, the fort is now a museum on the grounds of Mackinac Island State Park. Before 1763, the French used Fort Michilimackinac on the mainland south shore of the Straits of Mackinac to control the area. After Treaty of Paris (1763), the British occupied the French fort but considered the wooden structure too difficult to defend. In 1780/1781, its lieutenant governor Patrick Sinclair constructed a new limestone fort on the 150-foot limestone bluffs of Mackinac Island above the beautiful Straits of Mackinac. The British held the outpost throughout the war. After Treaty of Paris (1783), the British did not relinquish the fort to the United States until 1796. Location...