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Kentucky, Fort
Description: Fort Kentucky, also known as Fort Mud, was built in Sackets Harbor and was active from 1812 to 1815, during the War of 1812. It served as a minor redoubt, and was equipped with twenty guns, and was one of four similar defensive positions in a fortified line, the others being Fort Virginia, Fort Chauncey, and Fort Stark. The line of forts was anchored at Fort Pike on the bay, which was later known as Madison Barracks, and was intended to protect the land near Sackets Harbor. The site of Fort Kentucky can be found on what is now the south side of Washington Street, almost on the shore of the lake.
County: Jefferson
City, State: Sackets Harbor, New York
Conflict/Time Period: 1812-1815