FORT BROWN

Ruins of Fort Brown

Forts and Batteries at Plattsburgh 1814

                                                                                                                                   Major General Jacob Brown

FORT BROWN - One of three (Fort Scott & Fort Moreau), "sand lot forts", earthen fort, built in August 1814 by General Macomb

and successfully defended against British assault in Sept. 11, 1814 land battle of Plattsburgh.  The embankment is all that remains of

Fort Brown, which constituted the left flank of the American line of defense at the Battle of Plattsburgh.  It was manned by detachments of

the 30th and 31st regiments of the infantry under Lieut. Col. Stoors.  The fort was named after Major General Jacob Brown. 

It was at Fort Brown and other neighboring embattlements like Fort Moreau and Fort Scott that the Americans succeeded in stopping

the British from crossing the Saranac River.  The seemingly insignificant event was influential in convincing the British to sign the

peace treaty that led to United States independence.