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The Archaeology of French and Indian War Frontier Forts
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"Provides images of life on the expanding American frontier of the mid-eighteenth century. A unique and significant discussion of the French and Indian War."--Clarence R. Geier, coeditor of Huts and History: The Historical Archaeology of Military Encampments during the American Civil War
Fort Ticonderoga, the allegedly impenetrable star fort at the southern end of Lake Champlain, is famous for its role in the French and Indian War. From barracks to bastions, many other one-of-a-kind forts were also instrumental in staking out the early American colonial frontier. This collection of essays presents an overview of the fortifications that guarded the frontiers and borderlands between Native Americans, French settlers, and Anglo-American settlers. Civilian, provincial, or imperial, the fortifications examined here range from South Carolina's Fort Prince George to Fort Frontenac in Ontario and Fort de Chartres in Illinois.
As Europeans and colonists struggled to control the lucrative fur trade routes of the northern boundary, these strongholds were part of the first serious arms race on the continent. Contributors to this volume reveal how the French and British adapted their fortification techniques to the special needs of the North American frontier. By exploring the unique structures that guarded the borderlands, this book reveals much about the underlying economies and dynamics of the broader conflict that defined a critical episode of the American experience.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780813049069 |
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Publisher: | University Press of Florida |
Publication date: | 11/19/2013 |
Pages: | 304 |
Product dimensions: | 6.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.00(d) |
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Table of Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xiii
Preface xv
French and Indian War Chronology, 1750-1765 xvii
Introduction Lawrence E. Babits 1
1 Clash of Empires R. Scott Stephenson 9
2 Forts on the Frontier: Adapting European Military Engineering to North America James L. Hart 17
3 Fort Prince George, South Carolina Marshall W. Williams 52
4 Fort Loudoun, Tennessee : Defensive Features and Artifactual Remains Carl Kuttruff 69
5 Fort Dobbs, North Carolina: How Documents and Artifacts Led to Rebuilding the Fort Lawrence E. Babits 84
6 Fort Loudoun, Virginia: A French and Indian War Period Fortification Constructed by George Washington Robert L. Jolley 102
7 The Second Fort Vause: A Crucial French and Indian War Fort in the Roanoke Valley of Virginia Kim A. McBride 122
8 "To Preserve the Forts, and the Families Gathered into Them": Archaeology of Edwards's Fort, Capon Bridge, West Virginia W. Stephen McBride 139
9 Fort Loudoun: A Provincial Fort on the Mid-Eighteenth-Century Pennsylvania Frontier Stephen G. Warfel 158
10 Style Wars in the Wilderness: The Colonial Forts at Crown Point Charles L. Fisher Paul R. Huey 174
11 Fort Frontenac, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Susan M. Bazely 191
12 Mchilimackinac, a Civilian Fort Lynn L. M. Evans 216
13 War and the Colonial Frontier: Fort de Chartres in the Illinois Country David J. Keene 229
Conclusion Lawrence E. Babits 241
Glossary 255
References Cited 261
List of Contributors 287
Index 291