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Fort Drum
Author(s): Robert E. Brennan, Jeannie I. Brennan
ISBN: 9780738510378
# of Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
On Sale Date: 08/04/2002
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Book Description:
Northern New York State has boasted a prominent military presence since the War of 1812. Beginning in 1816 with the establishment of Fort Drum's predecessor, Madison Barracks, troops have trained there throughout the summer months and the harsh winters. Today, Fort Drum is the largest military facility in the northeastern United States, home to the 10th Mountain Division, a tactical unit deployed on missions around the world. Beginning with the history of Madison Barracks, Fort Drum depicts its birth as Pine Plains, a ten-thousand-acre training area, and its continued evolution into a military asset. By 1908, soldiers from Madison Barracks began summer maneuvers at Pine Plains under the command of Brig. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, son of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Historic images in Fort Drum show these training camps and what are known today as the greatest military maneuvers in peacetime history during 1935. Today, Fort Drum supports the training of almost eighty thousand troops annually. This striking volume presents the military history of Fort Drum and the missions it continues to support in defense of the United States.
Author Bio: Robert E. and Jeannie I. Brennan, authors of Sackets Harbor, are residents of Sackets Harbor; he is the honorary village historian, and she is the chair of the Pickering-Beach Museum and a volunteer for the Jefferson County Historical Society. Images are drawn from the Brennans' extensive collection, the Pickering-Beach Museum, Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division Historical Collection, the Watertown Daily Times, Jefferson County Historical Society, Santway Photocraft Company, and individual donors. All proceeds from the sale of Fort Drum will go toward preservation of the early-1800s stone hospital at Madison Barracks.
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