Editing Fort Oswego (section)

{{Short description|18th-century trading post in the Great Lakes region in North America}}
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'''Fort Oswego''' was an 18th-century [[trading post]] in the [[Great Lakes]] region in North America, which became the site of a battle between French and British Army forces in 1756 during the North American phase of the [[Seven Years' War]], known in the United States as 'The [[French and Indian War]].' The fort was established in 1727, on the orders of [[List of Colonial Governors of New York|New York governor]] [[William Burnet (colonial administrator)|William Burnet]], adjacent to a 1722 blockhouse that had originally been a way station for French traders. The log palisade fort established a British presence on the [[Great Lakes]].

In 1756, the fort's garrison of British soldiers from the 50th and 51st regiments were easily defeated by a combined French and Native American force. More than one hundred British soldiers were killed, many of them after the fort had been formally surrendered. The French took a further 1,500 British prisoners, and destroyed the fort itself. The site is now included in the city of [[Oswego, New York]].