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Forts of the American Old West. This is a container category. Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories. Subcategories. This category has the following ...
This is a list of historical forts in the United States. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included.
Fort Holabird; Fort Howard (Maryland) Fort Washington; Logan Field (Airport) (USAAF and POW Camp) Massachusetts Camp Candoit; Camp Havedoneit; Camp Myles Standish; Camp Washburn; Camp Wellfleet; Michigan Fort Brady; Chrysler Tank School; Minnesota Camp Savage; Fort Snelling (ARNG) Mississippi Camp Van Dorn [4] Missouri Camp Crowder; Fort Osage ...
Deactivated as military post: Year the fort site was abandoned by the Armed Forces. For new construction in World War II, locations with 6-inch guns are included only where they were the primary defenses in the area. All forts with completed 16-inch batteries are listed, but some were never armed.
Fort Drinkwater served as post office and Fort Montgomery (Eureka) served as a school house. The strength of the military and community forts varied widely. Surprisingly, some of the forts built by communities were considerably more defendable than some built by the military. A few of the very strongest forts, however, were established by the Army.
Fur trading companies that operated trading forts in Canada includes the Hudson's Bay Company, and the North West Company. Many of these were simply stockades, log enclosures for trading posts, although a few were former military installations which was later used by fur trading companies.
McGinnis, Anthony R. "When Courage Was Not Enough: Plains Indians at War with the United States Army," Journal of Military History (2012) 76#2 pp 455–473. Michno, F. Gregory. Encyclopedia of Indian wars: Western battles and skirmishes 1850–1890 (Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2009). ISBN 978-0-87842-468-9.
Fort Jefferson is a former U.S. military coastal fortress in the Dry Tortugas National Park of Florida. It is the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas, [2] [3] covering 16 acres (6.5 ha) and made with over 16 million bricks. [4] Among United States forts, only Fort Monroe in Virginia and Fort Adams in Rhode Island are