From the May 28th Syracuse Post-Standard.
** The Seneca Turnpike (looks like I am going to have to do some research on this road) was the main east-west roadway in the area. Soldiers heading for Fort Niagara marched west. Captured British and Canadian prisoners would be marching east to prison camps at Albany.
** A small cemetery off Seneca Pike (across from Upstate University Hospital at Community Green has the graves of two soldiers who died of illness while marching along the turnpike. (This would be where the two captains I mentioned yesterday were buried.)
** Armaments were made at a small foundry, Onondaga Furnace. After the war, it made stoves and kettles for the salt industry. Its site is now Syracuse's Elmwood Park.
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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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
Only War of 1812 Relics Remaining in Onondaga County, New York
From Rootsweb Ancestry.com.
Besides the arsenal, there are two graves and a monument at the top of the West Seneca Turnpike Hill.
One is the grave of Captain Benjamin Brand of the U.S. Light Artillery who died October 14, 1813, in Onondaga Hollow as his company was marching through the village. He was from Virginia.
The other grave is that of Captain Henry Crouch who died in the spring of 1814.
I'm going to have to do some research on this Seneca Turnpike because of its 1812 connection, plus I am a big old road fan. Before these recent articles, I'd never heard of it.
I didn't read anything about a War of 1812 monument of the hill, however.
Brock-Perry
Besides the arsenal, there are two graves and a monument at the top of the West Seneca Turnpike Hill.
One is the grave of Captain Benjamin Brand of the U.S. Light Artillery who died October 14, 1813, in Onondaga Hollow as his company was marching through the village. He was from Virginia.
The other grave is that of Captain Henry Crouch who died in the spring of 1814.
I'm going to have to do some research on this Seneca Turnpike because of its 1812 connection, plus I am a big old road fan. Before these recent articles, I'd never heard of it.
I didn't read anything about a War of 1812 monument of the hill, however.
Brock-Perry
Thursday, July 26, 2012
A History of Syracuse's Arsenal
Fllowing up on yesterday's story from Rootsweb.ancestry.com "The Arsenal in Onondaga County" by Pamela Priest. Many photos and postcards of the structure accompany the article.
In 1808, an act was passed authorizing the New York governor to deposit 500 stand of arms to protect the frontier and to provide a suitable place to store them. In 1809, Cornelius Longstreet deeded land to the state to be used for the arsenal. He was the father of Cornelius T. Longstreet, the builder of Yates Castle.
The two and a half story building was erected in 1810 and made out of Onondaga limestone from quarries at the House family farm. Two huge wooden cannons were placed on the roof to state its purpose.
During the War of 1812, Nicholas Mickles was commissioned by the government to cast shot and shell for the Army and Navy which was stored at the arsenal before being sent to Sackett's Harbor and Oswego.
The arsenal was abandoned in 1815 and the last time it was used was during the Civil War when General John A. Green of the state national guard stored arms there.
The More You Know. --Brock-Perry
In 1808, an act was passed authorizing the New York governor to deposit 500 stand of arms to protect the frontier and to provide a suitable place to store them. In 1809, Cornelius Longstreet deeded land to the state to be used for the arsenal. He was the father of Cornelius T. Longstreet, the builder of Yates Castle.
The two and a half story building was erected in 1810 and made out of Onondaga limestone from quarries at the House family farm. Two huge wooden cannons were placed on the roof to state its purpose.
During the War of 1812, Nicholas Mickles was commissioned by the government to cast shot and shell for the Army and Navy which was stored at the arsenal before being sent to Sackett's Harbor and Oswego.
The arsenal was abandoned in 1815 and the last time it was used was during the Civil War when General John A. Green of the state national guard stored arms there.
The More You Know. --Brock-Perry
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Syracuse's 1812 Remnant
From the May 6th Syracuse (NY) Post "Future uncertain for ruins of stone arsenal built in Syracuse for War of 1812" by Dick Case.
Syracuse's only remnant of the War of 1812 is hidden in a grove of trees off East Seneca Turnpike. The Onondaga Arsenal is crumbling. Only one section of its limestone walls, the northeast corner, remain standing. The rest has fallen or been pulled down.
It is located behind Tim Ryan's home on Arsenal Drive and he is one of only a few in the area who even know about it. He and his son have spent the past five years excavating the hidden basement in what had been a three-story building.
Lucy House lived in it (called the "Cannon House) until she died in 1971 at the age of 102. No one knows who owns the property. The Syracuse Assessment commission says the 1.5 acres is "a vacant parcel of land" and $14,500 tax is owed on it.
Of Course. --Brock-Perry
Syracuse's only remnant of the War of 1812 is hidden in a grove of trees off East Seneca Turnpike. The Onondaga Arsenal is crumbling. Only one section of its limestone walls, the northeast corner, remain standing. The rest has fallen or been pulled down.
It is located behind Tim Ryan's home on Arsenal Drive and he is one of only a few in the area who even know about it. He and his son have spent the past five years excavating the hidden basement in what had been a three-story building.
Lucy House lived in it (called the "Cannon House) until she died in 1971 at the age of 102. No one knows who owns the property. The Syracuse Assessment commission says the 1.5 acres is "a vacant parcel of land" and $14,500 tax is owed on it.
Of Course. --Brock-Perry
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