Fort Frederick Marker
34 Cumberland St, Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
Maryland, USA
MARKER
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FORT
EST. 1756
FORTIFICATION
EST. 1756
1776
Washington, George
HISTORIC PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Fort Frederick Marker.
Colonial stone fort built 1756 for Province of Maryland by Gov. Horatio Sharpe to protect frontier against French and Indians after Braddock’s defeat. Detention camp for British prisoners 1776–83. Occupied 1861–2 by Union troops. George Washington was here July 1756 and June 1758.
About Fort Frederick Marker
Maryland reused Fort Frederick during the Revolution as a prison camp for British and German captives. Its strong stone walls, originally built for frontier defense, held prisoners from 1776 through the end of the war. The fort demonstrates how older imperial military infrastructure was adapted to serve the new state.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Fort Frederick Marker
Maryland reused Fort Frederick during the Revolution as a prison camp for British and German captives. Its strong stone walls, originally built for frontier defense, held prisoners from 1776 through the end of the war. The fort demonstrates how older imperial military infrastructure was adapted to serve the new state. Colonial stone fort built 1756 for Province of Maryland by Gov. Horatio Sharpe to protect frontier against French and Indians after Braddock’s defeat. Detention camp for British prisoners 1776–83. Occupied 1861–2 by Union troops. George Washington was here July 1756 and June 1758.
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