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-1- Macdonough Monument
-2- Captain
George Downie's grave
-3- Saratoga Pilot Joseph Barron's grave (Barron is also listed as
having been buried in Burlington, Vermont's
Elmwood Cemetery).
-4- Lt. Peter Gamble's grave
-5- Marker at Ft. Brown
-6- Kent-Delord House, headquarters of the British army during the Battle of Plattsburgh
-7- Another view of Ft. Brown
-8- Base of the Macdonough Victory Monument
-9- Detail of Macdonough Monument
-10- American Army headquarters, Battle of Plattsburgh
-11- Entrance to Riverside cemetery, burial place of Capt. Downey and others killed in
naval battle at Cumberland Bay
-12-,13- Graves of naval battle dead, large grave in center is that
of Capt. Downey, commander of HMS Confiance
-14- Base of Macdonough monument
-15- Marker at Charles Dunham house, site of British hospital in downtown Plattsburgh
-16- Marker at bridge on Saranac River, scene of land battle
-17- Macdonough Monument
-18- Crab Island Monument
(Photo credit: Roger Harwood)
-19- Mortar Bomb, probably
left behind by retreating British troops. (Courtesy of Brown's Funeral
Home, Plattsburgh, NY.
Photo credit: Roger Harwood)
-20-,-21- East Beekmantown Cemetery, final resting place of Revolutionary
War veterans and soldiers who fought in the Battle of Plattsburgh. Along
this road the British right flank advanced toward Plattsburgh
-22-,-23- Sampson's Tavern, Ingraham. The British left wing encamped
here
-24-,-25- Julius Hubbell's law office in Chazy. Used by the British as
their headquarters advancing on and retreating from Plattsburgh
-26- Monument to 13 unknown soldiers from the American camp on Cumberland
Head who died of Cholera in 1812
-27- Close-up of inscription on the Culver Hill monument
-28-,-29- Culver Hill monument, site of engagement between American
regulars and the British right wing
-30-,-31- Statue of French Explorer Samuel de Champlain
-32- Farnsworth's Tavern- tradition
has the British left wing firing upon this building as they passed
-33-,-33a-* The Isaac Platt home,
headquarters of Maj. General Robinson. The British wounded at Halsey's
Corners were brought here
-34- Monument at the site of the
engagement at Halsey's Corners.
-35- Gravesite of Gamaliel McCreedy,
Battle of Plattsburgh veteran, Riverside Cemetery
-36-,-37- Site of Fort Moreau, largest
of Macomb's works at Plattsburgh. On the green at the old Plattsburgh Air
Force Base
-38- Pathway of the British, September 6, 1814
-39-,-39a-* Militia Col. Thomas Miller's home,
occupied by the British Sept. 6-11, 1814
-40-* Charles Dunham house, the British used the
basement of this home as a hospital during the Battle of Plattsburgh. Now
the home of the Clinton County Historical Museum
-41-* The basement entrance to the Charles Dunham
house, wounded British soldiers were taken in through this entrance
-42-,-43- The British Flagship Confiance had her anchor shot
away during the Battle in Cumberland Bay. You can see the enormous anchor
on display in City Hall
-44-*,-45- General Benjamin Moorers home.
This was the headquarters of the American Army during the Battle of
Plattsburg.
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