Salt Battery-- Part 2: One of Six Batteries

Another source said the Salt Battery was the largest of six batteries built by Americans between Fort Niagara  and the south edge of Youngstown.  All were sited for firing across the Niagara River at the British Fort George, not for protecting the river.

British forces marched through Youngstown on the night of Dec. 18-19, 1813, on their way to capture Fort Niagara.  They easily overcame a small picket detachment in the village.  This source says Salt Battery was built of bags of salt and earthen mounds and was easily overrun by the British.

The battery was rebuilt in in the summer of 1814 by American troops from Brown's Army in preparation for a siege of Fort Niagara.

The History Marker Data Base has pictures of the marker and looking in all directions.  Another site has a view of Fort George on the other side of the river from Salt Battery.

--Brock-Perry