Fort Sullivan, Maine-- Part 1

From Wikipedia.

Back in my July 11, 2014, blog entry, I posted about the capture of Fort Sullivan in what is today the state of Maine by the British 200 years earlier on that date.

Here is some more information about the fort.

It was also called Fort Sherbrooke and was at Eastport, Maine, opposite New Brunswick, Canada.

British Commander Sir Thomas Hardy captured the fort on July 11, 1814, and renamed it Fort Sherbrooke after John Coape Sherbrooke, governor of Nova Scotia.

It had been built by the U.S. Army 1808-1809, overseen by Major Lemuel Trescott.  It was built on a local feature called Clark's Hill and was a 4-gun circular earthwork with a wooden blockhouse and barracks.

--Brock-Perry