Fort Stanwix National Monument
This space represents a typical quarters for regular soldiers. A casemate of this size would have housed at least 40 soldiers every night.The soldiers cooked and ate by the fire, and slept on the straw bunks. Soldiers slept sitting up because it was believed to be healthier than laying stretched out. During the day the barracks were empty, except for any sick soldiers. With such close conditions and poor sanitation, sickness was commonplace. "The health of the troops depends so much upon keeping themselves clean that too much pains cannot be taken for that purpose . . . As every kind of Sloveness or Inattention will be severely punished - The Officer of the Day is to be carefull in Examining the Mens Appartments to see if they are kept clean and in good Order . . . Lt. Col Marinus Willett, Garrison Orders, March 20th, 1778| HM Number | HM1FTM |
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| Tags | |
| Placed By | National Park Service |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, September 5th, 2014 at 6:11am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 463025 N 4784274 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 43.21035000, -75.45518333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 43° 12.621', W 75° 27.311' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 43° 12' 37.26" N, 75° 27' 18.66" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 315 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 119-131 NY-46, Rome NY 13440, US |
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