Historic and Quaint Forts of North America

An account of the most famous fortifications of North America is, in realty, a cross section of the military history of the continent; and whatever ingenuity there may be in this method of presenting the conspicuous deeds of valor of the American people will, it may be hoped, add interest to the following pages.

• Preface
• Strongholds of the Past
• Fort Independence (Castle William), Castle Island, Boston Harbor
• Fort Columbus, or Jay, Governor's Island, New York Harbor
• Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, New York
• Crown Point, Lake Champlain, New York
• The Heights of Quebec (The Citadel, Castle St. Louis), Canada
• Fort Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Annapolis Basin, Nova Scotia
• The Citadel at Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Fort George, Castine, Maine
• Fort Frederick, Pemaquid, Maine
• Fort Niagara, at Mouth of Niagara River, New York
• Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York
• Fort Michillimackinac and Fort Holmes, Mackinac Island, Michigan
• Fort Massac, on the Ohio, near Metropolis, Illinois.
• West Point, Its Environs, and Stony Point, New York
• Fort Constitution (Fort William and Mary), Great Island, near Portsmouth, New Hampshire
• Forts Trumbull and Griswold, New London and Groton, on the Thames, Connecticut
• Fort Mifflin, on the Delaware, Philadelphia
• Fort McHenry, Baltimore
• Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida
• La Fuerza, Morro Castle, and Other Defenses, Havana, Cuba
• Fort San Carlos de Barrancas, Pensacola Bay, Florida
• The Presidio of San Francisco, Golden Gate, California
• Fort Adams and Newport's Defensive Ruins, Newport, Rhode Island
• Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia
• Forts Sumter and Fort Moultrie, near Charleston, South Carolina
• Fort Pulaski, at Mouth of Savannah River, Georgia
• Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, Alabama
• Forts Jackson and St. Philip, at Mouth of the Mississippi, Louisiana
• Fort Snelling, near St. Paul, Minnesota
• Fort Laramie, at the Forks of the Platte River, Wyoming
• The Alamo and Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas.
• Other Western Forts:
  • Fort Phil Kearney, Nebraska
  • Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
  • Fort Fetterman, Wyoming
  • Fort Bridger, Wyoming
  • Fort Keogh, Montana
  • Fort Douglas, Utah
• Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River, Washington
• Fort Yuma, at Head of Navigation, Colorado River, California
• Valley Forge
• Yorktown
• Vicksburg
• Gettysburg
• The "Crater"
• Illustrations
  • The Ancient Watchtower of Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida
  • Mighty Louisburg Today, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
    • To Sea from the Ruined Walls
    • All That Remains Standing
  • Waterfront of Present day Detroit, Where Indian Canoes and the Palisades of the French Were.
  • Old Blockhouse, Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Fort Independence from the Water, Boston, Mass
    • Floating Hospital in Foreground
  • Fort Independence, Castle Island, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Fort Winthrop from Castle Island
    • Main Entrance, Fort Independence
  • Harbor Side, Fort Independence, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Entrance to Fort Columbus (Fort Jay), Governor's Island, New York Harbor
  • Fort Sites in Present day New York City:
    • Fort Washington Point. Fort Lee on Opposite Shore.
    • Where Was Fort Amsterdam; the Customs House
    • Fort Lafayette, from Fort Hamilton, New York
  • Fort Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, New York
    • Interior Views of Fort Ticonderoga, New York
      • The Mess Hall
      • A Council Room
  • Crown Point, New York, in dead of Winter
    • Where the Flag Flew
    • The Ruined Barracks
  • The Heights of Quebec
  • Fort Annapolis Royal
    • Guns, Parade and Ancient Officers' Quarters, Fort Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
  • View from Citadel Hill, Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Old Martello Tower, near Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Fort Niagara, on Niagara River, New York
  • The South View of Oswego on Lake Ontario
  • Fort Michillimackinac and State Park, Mackinac Island, Michigan
  • Old Blockhouse and Mission Point, Fort Michillimackinac Reservation, Mackinac Island, Michigan
  • Fort Massac, on the Ohio (La Belle Riviere)
    • Memorial Monument, Erected by Illinois Daughters of American Revolution
    • From the River
  • Entrance to Fort Putnam, West Point, New York, in Winter, showing Tower of New Academy Chapel in Middle Distance
  • Sketch Snapshots of West Point's Historic Memorials:
    • Fort Putnam's Rocky Interior
    • Kosciuszko Monument
    • The North Wall, "Old Put"
  • Fort Constitution (Castle William and Mary), Great Island, near Portsmouth, New Hampshire
    • A Distant View of Fort Constitution
  • Historic Points on the Thames River, Connecticut
    • Fort Griswold, Groton
    • Fort Trumbull, New London
  • Entrance to Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia
  • The Moat in Winter, Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia
  • Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland
    • A View from an Aeroplane
    • The Guardhouse
  • Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Looking Toward the Lazaretto
    • One of the Old Batteries in Place
  • Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland
    • From This Point the Star Spangled Banner Flew
    • The Entrance
  • Col. George Armistead, In Command of Fort McHenry During the Siege
  • Moat and Entrance, Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida
    • Incline Leading to Ramparts, Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida
  • La Fuerza, Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba
  • Fort San Carlos de Barrancas, near Pensacola, Florida
  • Fort Scott and the Golden Gate, Presidio Reservation, San Francisco, California
  • Lime Rock Lighthouse, Newport Harbor, Looking Toward Fort Adams
  • Glimpses of Newport's Historic Defenses
    • Parade, Old Fort Adams
    • Present day Aspect of Fort Greene
  • Panorama of Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, Showing Fort Adams at Left Middle Distance, Goat Island in Central Distance.
  • Fort Dumplings, Conanicut Island, a Revolutionary Relic Near Newport
  • From the Ramparts of Fort Monroe, Looking Toward Hampton Roads, Taken During the Jamestown Celebration
    • Garden View of One of Monroe's Antebellum Residences
    • Fire!!! Showing Shells Just Leaving Mortars, Fort Monroe, Va. This Remarkable
    • Casemates of Fort Monroe, as They Were During the Civil War
  • Fort Sumter, a Pile of Stone on a Sandy Shoal
  • The Deserted Casemates of Fort Pulaski, near Savannah, Georgia
  • Scenes of Desolation at Fort Pulaski, near Savannah, Georgia
    • Parade and Ramparts
    • The Battered Eastern Salient
  • Old Stone Tower at Fort Snelling, near St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Ruins of the Alamo in 1845, From a Sketch Upon Map of the Country in the Vicinity of San Antonio de Bexar Made by J. Edmund Blake, 1st Lieutenant Topographical Engineers, U. S. A
  • Fort Keogh, near Miles City, Montana
  • Fort Yuma, California
  • Scenes at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
    • National Memorial Arch
    • Washington's Headquarters
  • Two Views Today of the "Crater," Petersburg, Virginia
    • The Slaughter Hollow
    • The Entrance to the Tunnel

Notes About Book:

Source: Quaint and Historic Forts of North America, By John Martin Hammond, 1915, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, London

Notes about Online Publication: This manuscript has been ocr'd and heavily edited. Many of the Native American words have been reproduced as clearly as online publication will allow us, but not all are exactly the way they were in the original work. The structure of this manuscript has been changed to allow better online presentation.

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