1. Peter Gansevoort was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
19 Facts About Peter Gansevoort
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Peter Gansevoort is best known for leading the resistance to Barry St Leger's Siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777.
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Peter Gansevoort was born into the Dutch aristocracy of Albany in the Province of New York.
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Peter Gansevoort's parents were Harman Gansevoort, the third generation of his family to live in America, and Magdalena Douw.
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At the start of the American Revolution, Peter Gansevoort joined the Continental Army.
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Peter Gansevoort led the regiment during the siege of Fort St Jean, today known by its French name of Fort Saint-Jean.
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Peter Gansevoort took part in the capture of Montreal, although he became ill during that attack.
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Peter Gansevoort started on the advance to Quebec City, but by the time the force reached Trois-Rivieres, he was being carried on a stretcher.
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Peter Gansevoort returned to Montreal and spent the winter as one of the sick with the occupation force.
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Peter Gansevoort had recovered to the point where he led the remaining New York forces south in a fighting withdrawal that stopped the British advance at Lake Champlain.
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Peter Gansevoort conceded Fort Oswego to the British, and elected to defend Fort Stanwix.
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Peter Gansevoort eventually turned Fort Stanwix over to a garrison of the 1st New York Regiment.
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Peter Gansevoort moved his headquarters to his new command at Fort Saratoga.
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Peter Gansevoort led his regiment in the Sullivan Expedition of 1779.
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Peter Gansevoort was assigned to command the New York Brigade, and reestablished his headquarters at Fort Saratoga.
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Peter Gansevoort returned home and became Brigadier General of the Albany County Militia.
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Peter Gansevoort expanded his farms, adding grist mills and a lumber mill, in the area that eventually became Gansevoort, New York.
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Peter Gansevoort was the daughter of Wessel and Maria Van Schaik, and her cousin Goose Van Schaick had been Peter's commander and Colonel in 1775.
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Peter Gansevoort died at home in Albany on July 2,1812.