FT. STANWYX FLAG

Ft. Stanwyx, under the command of Col. Peter Gansevoort (3d NY), flew this flag, according to Lt. Col. Marinus Willett. During Burgoyne's invasion, the flag was hoisted the morning after the fort was surrounded by Gen. St. Leger's 2,000 Regulars, Tories and Indians, on August 3, 1777.  The Americans withstood the siege and forced St. Leger's forces to retreat.