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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTN_family-quarters_Rome-NY.html
Throughout the war, soldiers would have been accompanied by their families as they had no other way of supporting them. Later in the war it became common for officers, running low on assets, to also have their families join them.Most families woul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTM_soldiers-quarters-casemate_Rome-NY.html
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 w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTL_visiting-officers-lodging_Rome-NY.html
Regiments were posted to the fort anywhere from four months to two years. As companies moved in and out of the fort, a space like this served as temporary lodging for the officers of a newly arriving regiment. Such space also housed officers visit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTK_surgeon-day-room_Rome-NY.html
In a room such as this, the fort surgeon would have diagnosed the sick and treated the day-to-day illnesses of the garrison. The main illnesses were muscle strain due to the constant hard labor needed to run the fort, and infectious diseases contr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FT9_orderly-room_Rome-NY.html
The orderly room was the headquarters of the fort, where officers conducted the general business of the fort: writing daily garrison orders, holding meetings, completing paperwork and staging Courts Martial.This room has been laid out to look like…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FT7_commandant-quarters_Rome-NY.html
This room has been laid out to look like the commandant quarters. The original quarters were located in the headquarters building, which was not reconstructed.The fort commander was a man of wealth and high social status, which was reflected in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FT1_powder-magazine_Rome-NY.html
This bombproof, being relatively dry, was used as the powder magazine. This was revealed through period documentation, and it also explains why the British targeted this part of the fort during the 1777 siege.Munitions stored in this bombproof inc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FT0_guard-duty_Rome-NY.html
All soldiers were responsible for guard duty on a rotation basis. Each 24-hour period was the responsibility of one or more companies, each consisting of 40-60 soldiers. During this period they shared all guarding duties, sleeping and patrolling i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FSZ_southwest-bombproof-storeroom-and-siege-hospital_Rome-NY.html
This bombproof, with a ventilation shaft leading to the top of the bastion, was considered the best place for keeping food (salt meat, peas, flour, rice and vinegar) and other non-weapon supplies. For most of the fort history, it was a storage are…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FRG_utica-area_Thamesford-NY.html
Situated on the important Mohawk Valley route between the Hudson River and the Great Lakes, Utica has long been a travel crossroads. Indian trails converged there, and Fort Schuyler was built on the site in 1758. The community whic…