Howard Coffin

Howard Coffin
approach climb floor french lead looked lookout narrow northwest soldier stairs sure tiny top
Be sure to climb to the top floor in the fort's northwest corner, where narrow stairs lead up into one of the fort's tiny lookout posts. You'll see the Richelieu as a French soldier of long ago looked for the approach of an enemy,
battle grabbed land
Plattsburgh -- the land battle -- is a place that really grabbed me,
building corridor european gets importance major powers
These are major European powers projecting their power by building these bastions. It gets to the importance of this corridor to them in that age,
above across battle british head naval oh ships thinking tops waiting
There are these inexpert American seamen, never in a naval battle before, on their ships waiting for their first fight. It's morning. They look across Cumberland Head and they can see the tops of the British masts above the trees. They are thinking -- Oh my God, what are we facing,