From the New York State Military Museum. There is also a map showing Sackets Harbor and its defenses.
Other forts built to protect Sackets Harbor:
Built along shore: Fort Kentucky (Mud Fort), Fort Tompkins, Fort Pike.
Forts built inland: Fort Virginia, Fort Chauncey, Fort Stark
Fort Pike was a hastily prepared earthen work originally named Fort Volunteer at the northeast end of Sackets Harbor. It was improved later to include breastworks and a blockhouse constructed adjacent to the original fort. It was named for General Zebulon M. Pike.
The blockhouse was two stories and mounted 20 cannons and had barracks for 2,000.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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