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Frederica - Military Road

" The inhabitants of the town went

out on the 25th [September 1738] with

the General and cut a road through

the woods down to the soldiers fort..."

Gentleman's Magazine

January 1739

In front of you lies the trace of the historic

Military Road - a ...

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Jackson's Military Road

Side 1

After the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, General Andrew Jackson proposed this road as a shorter and improved route for military movements between Nashville and New Orleans. The U.S. War Department authorized Jackson to appoint an engineer and ...

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Andrew Jackson's Military Road

-1817-

Construction of this road, as ordered by General Andrew Jackson, began in May 1817 by troops of the U.S. Army for national defense purposes. Beginning near Nashville, Tennessee and continuing to Madison, Louisiana, it shortened the distance from Nashville to ...

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Military Road

Side A

1852Congress appropriated $20,000 for a military road from Fort Steilacoom to Fort Walla Walla. The road was made passable 1885.

Side B

Supplementing the appropriation made by congress citizens helped build the military road through the Nachess pass to Walla Walla ...

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Old Military Road

Crown Point to Ticonderoga

Used by troops during early

Colonial Wars and during

the American Revolution.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 9 and Shore Airport Road (County Route 43), on the right when traveling north on U.S. 9.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Military Road

Military Road

from Mount

Independence to

Hubbardton

1777

Marked by Hands

Cove Chapter

D.A.R. 1933

Marker is on Mt. Independence Road, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Mt. Independence Military Road

Route to Hubbardton, 1777

After Ethan Allen seized Fort Ticonderoga, the Americans built Fort Mt. Independence, northwest from here on the Lake. Following Burgoyne’s invasion, Gen. St Clair evacuated the Forts, retreating across these hills to Hubbardton.

Vermont Historic Sites Commission

Marker ...

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Old Military Road

 

Along this street ran the

old military road fortified

in 1759 by General Amherst

prior to the siege at

Fort Ticonderoga.

Marker is at the intersection of The Portage and Crown Heights, on the right on The Portage.

Courtesy ...

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Military Road

Military Road built between Fort Edward and Lake George built by Sir William Johnson during the summer of 1755

Marker is on Lake George Glens Falls Road (U.S. 9) 0.1 miles north of Farm to Market Road (County Route 149), on ...

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Old Military Road

You are traveling the route of the Old Military Road, built in 1835-36, to connect Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien and Fort Howard at Green Bay, via Fort Winnebago at "The Portage" between the Fox-Wisconsin rivers. The section from ...

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