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Pages in category "American Civil War forts and army posts in California" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Drum Barracks was the Union Army's headquarters for Southern California and New Mexico during the Civil War. It consisted of 19 buildings on 60 acres (240,000 m2) in what is now Wilmington, with another 37 acres (150,000 m2) near the waterfront. Its junior officers' quarters has been preserved as the Drum Barracks Civil War Museum. [1]
The Golden State in the Civil War: Thomas Starr King, the Republican Party, and the Birth of Modern California (Cambridge UP, 2013). Richards, Leonard L. The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War (2008). Strobridge, William F. (1994). Regulars in the Redwoods, The U.S. Army in Northern California, 1852–1861. Arthur Clark Company.
near Dyerville on the Eel River: Humboldt: October 1863: about 1865: Union Army Fort Humboldt: Eureka: Humboldt: 1853: 1866: United States Army Fort Hunter Liggett: North of the San Luis Obispo County line, bounded by Pfeiffer Big State Park to the north Monterey: 1940-United States Army Fort Iaqua: Iaqua: Humboldt: August 5, 1863: 1866: Union ...
The Powder Magazine from Camp Drum is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument located in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles, California, near the Port of Los Angeles. Built in 1862, the Powder Magazine is a 20-by-20-foot (6.1 m × 6.1 m) brick and stone structure that was used to store gunpowder during the Civil War.
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The fort was completed just before the American Civil War by the United States Army, to defend San Francisco Bay against hostile warships. The fort is now protected as Fort Point National Historic Site, a United States National Historic Site administered by the National Park Service as a unit of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It is ...
Fort Mason served as an Army post for more than 100 years, initially as a coastal defense site [3] and subsequently as a military port facility. During World War II, it was the principal port for the Pacific campaign. [2] Fort Mason originated as a coastal defense site during the American Civil War.