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Forts (edit list)

Fort	State	Dates	Mentions	Notes
Fort Bahia	TX	1813	1	(Cullum 48).
Fort Bedford (2)	ND	1891-1892	2	(Cullum 2252) • (Cullum 2454).
Fort Caldwell	KS	1885	1	(Cullum 2535). Sparse references online, but including in printed books.
Fort Campbell (2)	SC	1861	1	Actually, mentioned twice in the same Chapter 2 of Vol. III of Hamilton's History of North Carolina "(in 1861) Each channel [of the Cape Fear River] was guarded by strong works, the mouth by Fort Caswell and Fort Campbell, and New Inlet by Fort Fisher." • "(Fort) Campbell on Oak Island"
Fort Cornwallis	GA	1781	1	"At Augusta", captured by Lighthorse Harry Lee in that year, Freeman's Robert E. Lee, I.1, p3.
Fort Conger	NU	1781		(NU=Nunavut, Canada) Short History of the United States Navy, ch. 24, in connection of course with Arctic exploration. Wickedpedia has an article.
Fort Crowder	MO	1781		U.S. Army post in southwest Missouri, established in World War II. Named after (Cullum 2909). See Wickedpedia entry.
Fort Cumberland (2)	MD	1755‑	1	Mentioned in NPS Handbook 19 as being at Wills Creek. See Wickedpedia entry.
Fort Glenn	AK	1942‑1950	1	Mentioned in The Navy's Air War, p148. See National Park Service page.
Fort Holmes (4)	OK	1860	1	On my site, an incidental mention at The Story of Captain John C. Casey — FlaHQ 41:127‑144 (1962). ▸ A good page at Oklahoma Historical Society.
Fort St. Antoine	WI	1689	1	French trading fort at Prairie du Chien, best known for Nicolas Perrot's act of taking possession of the upper Mississippi for the King of France.
Savanna Proving Ground	IL	1917-2000	1	Atom bomb development in its later years. Some very interesting webpages out there, among them 1 and 2. On my own site, AOG obituary of George W. Burr the man who established it), and "Rock Island and the Rock Island Arsenal" (J. Ill. S. H. S. 33:304‑340).
Fort Baldwin (2	VA		1	Freeman (biography of Lee, Vol. IV, Ch. 4) as being 1¼ miles from the Appomattox River, and close to Fort Gregg (2)
Fort Columbus (2)	KY or IL		1	Freeman writes: "The newspapers that Lee read on his arrival in Richmond contained the gloomy intelligence that Fort Columbus, the advanced Confederate position on the Mississippi, thirty miles south of the confluence of the Ohio, had been abandoned by (Lee's) old West Point friend, Leonidas Polk"
Deshler's Fort	PA		1	A fortified house rather than a fort strictly speaking, but referred to as such in many sources, including at least one on my own site. A solid account is given in Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania, as transcribed on this USGenWeb page.
Eaton's Fort	TN	1776	1	Not completely sure it was a fort, but at least it was something like one, and a battle was fought there in 1776, mentioned just once on my site, and in passing. See [1], [2], etc.
Gillespie's Fort	TN	1788	2	"below the mouth of Little river on Holston, about eight miles from the present Knoxville". Attacked by Cherokees and Creeks under the command of Kunoskeskie on September 21, 1788, 28 whites killed. More info in Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee.
Fort Galphin	SC	1781	1	Captured by Lighthorse Harry Lee in 1781.
Fort Graham (2)	NC		1	In (Cullum 1994) — occurring just before he was posted to another fort in North Carolina, so not likely to be a mistake for the fort in Texas. Poking around online for it, I couldn't find much — except a "GRAHAM's Fort" in North Carolina, which I don't think is it (Revolutionary War), but it's not on FW either, so I'll add it to the pot as well: see this page at NCMarkers.Com.
Fort Granby	SC	1781	1	Captured by Lighthorse Harry Lee in 1781.
Fort Haskell	VA	1865	1	Freeman in his account of Lee's retreat to Appomattox, Vol. 4, Ch. 2. It's somewhere near Fort Stedman.
Fort Henry (7)	TN	1793	1	Not the same as Fort Henry (5); this one is mentioned by John Sevier in his diary in 1793, as follows (in toto): "Camp Henry, Fort 24 October 1793."
Fort Holt	KY	1862	1	("organizing the defenses of the Mississippi River" in 1862) — but it's Cullum writing his own entry (Cullum 709), so it's gotta be right.
Houston's Station	TN	1788	1	From Samuel Cole Williams's History of the Lost State of Franklin: "At this time [1788] Sevier was planning to go against the Chickamaugas in their strongholds. A fort, called Houston's Station, was now erected, sixteen miles south of Knoxville and six miles from the present site of the town of Maryville; and Major Thomas Stewart was placed in command."
Fort Howard (3)	NM		1	Cullum, (Cullum 789). See also possibly Camp Howard (IT), below under Camps.
Fort Howard (4)	ID	1879	1	(Cullum 2074), date 1879. North American Forts calls it a Camp: actually has 3 of them all in Idaho.
Jeffersonville Depot	IN		1+	A Quartermaster's Depot rather than an Ordnance Depot. A number of times in Cullum, usually just "Jeffersonville, Ind." but sometimes explicitly "Jeffersonville Depot", as in (Cullum 1992). (Cullum 1424) has "Quartermaster's Depot at Jeffersonville, Ky.": it's just across the river from Kentucky.
Fort Johnson (6)	IL	1812	1	a temporary fort erected by Zachary Taylor during the War of 1812, on the Illinois side of the Mississippi where the town of Warsaw is now located. It may or may not be the same as Fort EDWARDS.
Fort Kearny (6)	NM or AZ	1859	1	(Cullum 917)
Fort Kenai	AK		1	In (Cullum 2202)
Fort Lexington	MO	1861+	1	a Federal fort captured by the Confederates in 1861 or maybe 1862, called an important victory. Appears on my site once so far, (Cullum 2086), year 1866, characterized as "Ft. Lexington, Missouri River"
Liberty Ordnance Depot	MO		2	in (Cullum 44) and (Cullum 896)
Fort Loudoun (2)	TN	1758	1	**There were two Fort Loudons: one near Winchester, Va.; and the other on the Little Tennessee at the junction of Tellico River, near where Loudon's Station on the railroad now is, a few miles to the west of Echota. This fort was constructed by the South Carolina forces about 1756 for the purpose of holding the Cherokees in check, and was garrisoned by 200 soldiers. In 1758, after a long siege, it was taken by the Indians; and the siege and the massacre of the garrison and of the whites who had taken refuge there form the basis of a very interesting and meritorious novel, the title being 'Old Fort Loudon.' The author closely follows the historical account given by Hewitt in his history of South Carolina, written in 1770. It is particularly commended to the readers of the Booklet [i.e., the North Carolina Booklet, a historical society journal]. It is in the Raney Library."
Fort Loudoun (1)	VA		1	See Fort Loudoun (2)
Fort Mahone	VA	1865	2	seems to have been a Confederate fort near Petersburg. Sometimes called "Fort Damnation". Figures prominently, Apr. 2, 1865, in the last sorry retreat of Lee toward Appomattox.
Fort McIntosh (3)	PA	1778	1	Thwaites annotates a passage of Chapter 9 of Cuming's Tour to the West, referring to Beaver, PA, as follows: "The present town of Beaver was laid out in 1792, and eight years later made the county town for the newly-erected Beaver County. Fort McIntosh was a Revolutionary post erected (1778) by General Lachlin McIntosh, who had been chosen to succeed General Hand at Fort Pitt. It was the first military post in the Indian territory beyond the Allegheny and Ohio rivers. An important Indian treaty was held at this place in 1784; but four years later the fort was demolished, the erection of lower posts on the Ohio having rendered it superfluous."
Fort Moore (3)	GA		1	From Samuel Cole Williams's History of the Lost State of Franklin, not on FortWiki: "In accordance with this general design it was determined to erect, far back into the wilderness, three forts for the protection of Charleston and its trade, and seduce the Southern Indians from their loyalty to France, which was always their favorite. One of these forts was to be Fort Moore, on the Savannah River, just below and opposite the present city of Augusta, named for the former governor of the Province of South Carolina."
Nashville Ordnance Depot	TN	1865	1	Temporary depot, according to this webpage out there, discontinued sometime after 1865. (Cullum 2008) was its commander June 30, 1865, to May 26, 1866
Fort Orange	NY		1	British colonial fort; historically important as the kernel of Albany, N. Y.
Fort Pickering (4)	TN or MS			in Mississippi, early 19c. See for example the Wickedpedia entry.
Fort Plain	NY		1	Hard to tell whether there still are remains of the fort now, but there was one there, and even it is said to have been the headquarters of Gen. Rensselaer; see Wickedpedia article (which, however, doesn't smell trustworthy), and the Village of Fort Plain's website.
Fort Plank	NY	1776+	1	Revolutionary War period, said to be about 3 miles from Fort Plain; alternatively, to be just another name for it: see for example this page.
Fort Prince George (2)	SC		1	From Samuel Cole Williams's History of the Lost State of Franklin, not on FortWiki: "In 1756 Fort Prince George was built on the land of the Catawbas, near Keowee, by Governor Glen of South Carolina." Also: "up the headwaters of the Savannah River, on the Cherokee path, on the main branch called Keowee River, almost immediately opposite the Indian town Keowee"
Queen's Fort (2)	RI		1	Not the one you have, but a ruin near Wickford, RI. The barest remnants, but it's still a fort, and of some historical interest: I even have a photograph of bits of it onsite, such as it is: George Ellis & John Morris, King Philip's War • Chapter 9
Ralston Fort	PA		1	also called BROWN'S FORT. A solid account is given in Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania, as transcribed on this USGenWeb page.
Raritan Arsenal	NJ	1927-1929	1	(Cullum 6439) 1927‑1929: there was an Ordnance School there.
Fort Richmond (2)	ME	1724	2	An early‑18c British fort somewhere near Norridgewock, mentioned twice on my site in connection with the British expulsion of a French mission there in 1724.
Fort Russell (2)	IL	1812+	1	In Ill. Cath. Hist. Rev. 8:2 I find: "At the outbreak of the War of 1812 the ancient cannon of Fort Chartres, of seventeenth-century make, were removed thence and planted at Fort Russell on the northern outskirts of Edwardsville."
Fort San Fernando De Las Barrancas	TN	1795	1	Spanish fort founded May 1795 at or near the site of today's Memphis. Also (but probably not correctly) S. F. DE BARANCOS. Quick sketch of its history, with map, at [3] (TN Encyclopedia); see also J. P. Young (1912) Standard History of Memphis, p44.
Fort Saybrook	NY	1635	1	In November 1635, or very shortly thereafter, according to Fiske, The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America, Chapter 5, p133 f. (and see Wickedpedia article "Saybrook Colony": "Winthrop built a fort at Saybrook, by the hands of Lyon Gardiner, an accomplished engineer, who had formerly served in Holland under the Prince of Orange. The narratives of the time abound in such instances, which show the closeness and frequency of the intercourse between the two nations. Gardiner remained in command of Fort Saybrook, which practically cut off Fort Good Hope and isolated it from New Amsterdam, for overland communication through the primeval forest was full of difficulty and danger.
Fort Good Hope (2)	NY	1635	1	see Fort Saybrook entry
Fort Stephenson (2)	IA?	1800s	2	early 19c. Mentioned in at least 2 onsite books on Iowa history.
Fort Stevens (5)	NY	1814	1	** Cullum 1: "Swift, early in June [1814], in conjunction with the Committee of Safety of the city of New York, made a reconnoissance of the approaches to its harbor, and decided upon the necessity for lines of works to cover New York and Brooklyn from any descent upon our shores from the British squadron then cruising off the coast. The Manhattan line was begun July 15, 1814, at Hallett's Point (since so famous from General Newton's great blasting operations), by the construction of a work, forming the right of the line, named Fort Stevens, after the Revolutionary patriot, General Stevens, a prominent officer of artillery at Saratoga in 1777."
Thicketty Fort	SC		3	mentioned 3 times on my site = Fort ANDERSON, but not the one you have. History.Com (long page of which the initial paragraph is:) "On this day in 1780, Colonel Isaac Shelby and 600 Patriots take Fort Anderson, also known as Fort Thicketty, located 10 miles southeast of Cowpens, South Carolina, and held by a Loyalist garrison, without firing a shot. Shelby's action followed the more famous Waxhaws massacre by two months and preceded the Battle of King's Mountain by just over two months, causing it to receive comparatively little historical attention."
Fort Waco	TX	1870	1	(Cullum 1845)the year is 1870
Fort Wade (2)	VA	1861-1865	2	[Vol. 4, Ch. 26], he is made to point to the nearby ramparts of Fort Wade in talking with someone after the war, somewhere near Manassas. During the war itself, Freeman has him pointing to it too:[Vol. 2, Ch. 24].
Fort Wilkinsonville	KY or IL	1807		At the mouth of the Ohio River. Bedford stayed there in 1807, recording it in his diary on Feb. 3, in some detail, including the historically interesting point that it "is the place where the troops then stationed, first heard and received the extravagant, arrogant, and fantastical orders for cropping their hair." He says that it had been erected 6 or 7 years before, and that it was already abandoned and ruined, occupied only by a few Cherokee Indians. Bedford doesn't say which bank of the Ohio it's on, but surely someone else must.
Fort William and Mary	NH	1774	1	In The Supply of Gunpowder in 1776 (AHR 30:271‑281), p272: "In December, 1774, an attack was made on Fort William and Mary at Jerry's Point (Portsmouth) in New Hampshire, and in due time 10,100 pounds of powder were appropriated." Must have been a sizable fort.