What is "fort montgomery"

Fort Montgomery is the name of a fortification built in 1776 by the Continental Army on West Bank of the Hudson River during the American Revolution. It is part of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area. Fort Montgomery was one of the first major investments by the Americans in strategic construction projects. Declared a National Historic Landmark, it is owned and operated by the state of New York as the Fort Montgomery State Historic Site.

Fort Montgomery on Lake Champlain is the second of two American forts built at the northernmost point of the American part of the lake: a first, unnamed fort built on the same site in 1816 and Fort Montgomery built in 1844.

The current massive stone fortification, the second fort, was built between 1844 and 1871 at the Canada–US border of Lake Champlain at Island Point in the village of Rouses Point, New York.

Fort Montgomery could refer to:

• Fort Montgomery, Alabama, First Seminole War-era (1814-1818) fort in Baldwin County, presumably named for Major Lemuel P. Montgomery, who died at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in the Creek War.
• Fort Montgomery, New York, a hamlet in Orange County, New York
  • Fort Montgomery (Hudson River), American Revolutionary War fort near West Point, Orange County, N.Y.
• Fort Montgomery (Lake Champlain), 1844 fort in Clinton County, New York
• Fort Montgomery (Eureka), 1861 fort in Greenwood County, Kansas
• Fort Montgomery (Linn County), 1855 fortified home in Kansas

Fort Montgomery in the town of Eureka, Kansas was built in summer 1861 by local citizens for protection against Indian attacks and Confederate guerrilla forces.

An earlier structure also named Fort Montgomery had been built in Linn County, Kansas, west of Mound City. Both were named for free-state leader James Montgomery.

The Eureka fort was fairly solid, apparently being constructed of logs. Ports for guns were built into the walls and these could be covered. Surrounding the fort were breastworks of logs covered with dirt. A small cannon, issued by the federal government, was mounted outside the fort. The roof, however, leaked and the floor, while made of wooden planks, allowed animals and snakes inside.

Fort Montgomery was manned by government scouts and the local militia. Militia commander Leander Bemis was in charge of the fort. The militia was outfitted with guns supplied by the Federal government. For a time Fort Montgomery served as the local school, after the schoolhouse burned.

The militia manned the fort until 1868. That year regular troops occupied the building for a short time. After they left, the fort became the first newspaper office of The Eureka Herald, started on July 4, 1868. The editor, S. G. Mead, had to remodel the fort, which by then showed many signs of wear. He made other attempts to fix problems, but gave up what he saw as a hopeless battle. In May 1869 Fort Montgomery was demolished.

Fort Montgomery was a fortress home constructed of logs by James Montgomery in 1855 five miles west of Mound City, Kansas, in Linn County.

Montgomery was a free-state leader in Kansas Territory. This was after southerners burned his previous cabin. Montgomery's new home, dubbed Fort Montgomery, had many features that enabled the occupants to use the building for their defense, including rifle ports. The fort was located on the side of a hill and the occupants had a clear view of everything to the south for miles.

Especially prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, Montgomery and his family used the defense of his fort home. Several times southerners and border ruffians attempted to shoot persons inside or set the fort on fire. During the Civil War, Montgomery, an officer in the U.S. Army, was away much of the time on military duty. Through the war, however, the fort was intermittently used for refuge against guerrillas active in the area. Eventually, Montgomery abandoned his fort and it was demolished in 1915.