Not to Be Confused with the First Fort Montgomery on the Hudson River

In the last several posts I have been writing about a U.S. fort on Lake Champlain near the Canadian border that was built after the War of 1812, for the purpose of stopping any further incursion into New York by British/Canadian forces.

The fort was first built on the wrong side of the border and was derisively called Fort Blunder for some reason.  Later, the U.S. negotiated  for the land and it was built and named for Richard Montgomery, an American Revolution general who was killed.  (I've also written about two American warships named after him, one in the Revoution and the other in the War of 1812.)

However, this fort is not to be confused with the first Fort Montgomery which was built on the Hudson River.  This fort was built in 1776 and a battle took place there in 1777.  

I'll write about this fort in my Cooter's History Thing blog at some point in the future.

--Brock-Perry