Fort Frederick State Park
11100 Fort Frederick Rd, Big Pool, MD 21711, USA
Maryland, USA
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FORT
EST. 1756
FORTIFICATION
EST. 1756
BATTLEFIELD
1754–1763
Washington, George
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Fort Frederick State Park.
The restored eighteenth-century stone fort stands within a Maryland state park beside the Potomac River. Massive masonry walls, bastions, reconstructed barracks, archaeological resources, museum exhibits, trails, campgrounds, and the adjoining Chesapeake and Ohio Canal landscape preserve the historic military complex.
About Fort Frederick State Park
Fort Frederick was built in 1756-57 by the colony of Maryland. During the French and Indian War in 1756, a £6000 appropriation was authorized by the Maryland Legislature at the request of Governor Horatio Sharpe to build a fortification on the frontier. The fort, named after Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, was completed the following year. The design of the fort conforms to the style developed early in the 18th century by Sebastien de Vauban, a French military engineer who is considered the father of modern fortification.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Fort Frederick State Park
The large stone fort was designed primarily as a place of refuge for area settlers. Between 1757 and 1758, small raids by Native people in nearby settlements caused settlers in the surrounding countryside to flee eastward. At the same time men of the 60th Regiment of Foot and local militia soldiers garrisoned the fort. Ranging parties were sent from the fort to patrol the area and to deter if not prevent raids by Native Americans.
The fort was not designed to resist artillery, as it was correctly assumed that the French would not be able to transport artillery to the remote location from the west. The fort served its purpose in 1763 during Pontiac's Rebellion; however, the fort was never directly attacked.
The fort was used as a prisoner of war camp from 1777 to 1783. As many as 1,000 captured British and German soldiers[7] were incarcerated there after the Battles of Saratoga (1777) and Yorktown (1781).
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