New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center

137th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry | National Color | Civil War

This silk national color carried by the 137th New York Volunteers includes 31 gold-colored, painted stars in the canton from an original 34-star pattern. Veterans from the regiment apparently removed, or “souvenired,” the three missing stars from the thir…

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Gage, Fort

Fort Gage was built in 1758 in Warren County, in the Town of Lake George, about one mile south of Lake George Village. Fortified during the early fighting of the Seven Years’ War, from 1758 to 1759, Fort Gage served as a supply base for Fort William Henr…

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Gages' Redoubt

General Gages' Redoubt, 1759, Essex County, Crown Point. Gage's Light Infantry Redoubt is outworks of Fort Crown Point to the South West on the lake shore. Named for General Thomas Gage of the 80th Light Armed Foot. See Fort Crown Point.

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Gaines, Fort

Fort Gansevoort was built in 1812 in Manhattan, New York. It was located at the foot of Gansevoort Street, along the Hudson River in New York City. The fort was referred to as the "White" Fort due to its whitewashed exterior. It was armed with twenty-t…

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Ganagharaga Fort

Ganagharaga Fort, 1756, Onondaga County, Syracuse. Located about Southwest corner of Route 173 and Route 11. Built by Sir Johnson for protection of Onondaga Indians (see Fort French).

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Gansevoort, Fort

Fort Gansevoort was built in 1812 in Manhattan, New York. It was located at the foot of Gansevoort Street, along the Hudson River in New York City. The fort was referred to as the "White" Fort due to its whitewashed exterior. It was armed with twenty-t…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/gansevoort

Gardiner, Fort

Gardiner, 1756, Orange County, Gardinersville. Cpt. Richard Gardiner, Frontier Guard, constructed a 100 foot square palisade containing multiple dwellings.

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George, Fort

Fort George (1), originally known as Fort Amsterdam upon its completion in 1626, was renamed Fort James by the British in 1664, upon the British Empire’s conquest of New Netherland. It was later renamed Fort William Henry in 1691 and Fort Anne or Queen's …

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Gibson, Fort

In 1795, the state of New York acquired Oyster Island, now known as Ellis Island, and built a defensive structure called “Fort Gibson”, in honor of Colonel James Gibson, who lost his life in the siege on Fort Erie. However, the ownership of the island wa…

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Gibson's Battery

Gibson’s Battery was built in 1812 in Erie County, Buffalo, and was used or two years during the War of 1812. The fort was located just South of Ferry Street on a high bank and was armed with three cannons. To its South was Fort Tompkins (3), and to the…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/gibsons-battery