Fort Niagara

Easily the most uniquely shaped and designed fort of the Revolutionary Was was Fort Niagara. The fort is fixed on a peninsula in Youngstown, New York on a bank of the Niagara river. Instead of fortifying the property with huge walls on every side, this fort uses the cliffside to its advantage in that it has shorter walls on the riverside and big walls facing inland. This technique would have saved time, manpower, and lots of money. The fort served as the Loyalist base during the Revolutionary War for Colonel John Butler. The British maintained the fort for the entire war with only a few Colonist attempts of capture, which speaks to its effectiveness in battle.