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'''{{PAGENAME}} (1826-1946)''' - First named [[Fort Calhoun]] and renamed Fort Wool in 1862 during the [[U.S. Civil War]] for Union General [[John E. Wool]]. Conceived in 1817 and built on an artificial island southeast of [[:Category:Fort Monroe|Fort Monroe]]. It served to guard Virginia's Hampton Roads harbor through [[World War II]]. It became a Hampton Roads City Park in 1970. | '''{{PAGENAME}} (1826-1946)''' - First named [[Fort Calhoun]] and renamed Fort Wool in 1862 during the [[U.S. Civil War]] for Union General [[John E. Wool]]. Conceived in 1817 and built on an artificial island southeast of [[:Category:Fort Monroe|Fort Monroe]]. It served to guard Virginia's Hampton Roads harbor through [[World War II]]. It became a Hampton Roads City Park in 1970. | ||
== | ==History of Fort Wool== | ||
Construction began on the artificial island in 1818 and by 1823 had raised the island to a height of six feet above high tide and construction of the fort itself was begun. Fort Wool was to have three tiers of casemates and a barbette tier ( 4 tiers designed to mount 232 guns). About half of the second casemate and one tier was completed when work stopped in 1830 because the island was sinking at a rate of eight inches a year. Additional stone was added to the island and work resumed on the casemates in 1858. The [[U.S. Civil War]] halted construction. | Construction began on the artificial island in 1818 and by 1823 had raised the island to a height of six feet above high tide and construction of the fort itself was begun. Fort Wool was to have three tiers of casemates and a barbette tier ( 4 tiers designed to mount 232 guns). About half of the second casemate and one tier was completed when work stopped in 1830 because the island was sinking at a rate of eight inches a year. Additional stone was added to the island and work resumed on the casemates in 1858. The [[U.S. Civil War]] halted construction. | ||
2nd Lt. [[Robert E. Lee]] was stationed at [[Fort Monroe]] between 1831 and 1834 and paticipated in the construction of both [[Fort Monroe]] and Fort Calhoun(Wool). Lee's participation in the construction of Fort Calhoun(Wool) was limited to tasks involving the addition of more stone to island itself. His immediate supervisor was Captain [[Andrew Talcott]] who was in charge of construction at both forts.¹ | 2nd Lt. [[Robert E. Lee]] was stationed at [[Fort Monroe]] between 1831 and 1834 and paticipated in the construction of both [[Fort Monroe]] and Fort Calhoun(Wool). Lee's participation in the construction of Fort Calhoun(Wool) was limited to tasks involving the addition of more stone to island itself. His immediate supervisor was Captain [[Andrew Talcott]] who was in charge of construction at both forts.¹ | ||
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Revision as of 20:57, 2 March 2009
Fort Wool (1) (1826-1946) - First named Fort Calhoun and renamed Fort Wool in 1862 during the U.S. Civil War for Union General John E. Wool. Conceived in 1817 and built on an artificial island southeast of Fort Monroe. It served to guard Virginia's Hampton Roads harbor through World War II. It became a Hampton Roads City Park in 1970.
History of Fort Wool
Construction began on the artificial island in 1818 and by 1823 had raised the island to a height of six feet above high tide and construction of the fort itself was begun. Fort Wool was to have three tiers of casemates and a barbette tier ( 4 tiers designed to mount 232 guns). About half of the second casemate and one tier was completed when work stopped in 1830 because the island was sinking at a rate of eight inches a year. Additional stone was added to the island and work resumed on the casemates in 1858. The U.S. Civil War halted construction.
2nd Lt. Robert E. Lee was stationed at Fort Monroe between 1831 and 1834 and paticipated in the construction of both Fort Monroe and Fort Calhoun(Wool). Lee's participation in the construction of Fort Calhoun(Wool) was limited to tasks involving the addition of more stone to island itself. His immediate supervisor was Captain Andrew Talcott who was in charge of construction at both forts.¹
Endicott Period
| Battery Click on Battery links below |
No. | Caliber | Type Mount | Service Years | Battery Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Claiborne | 2 | 6" | Disappearing Carriages | 1903-1908-1908-1918 | $ 55,000 | Guns to Battery Gates 1918 |
| Battery Dyer | 2 | 6" | Disappearing Carriages | 1903-1908-1908-1917 | $ 55,000 | Guns to France 1917 |
| Battery Gates | 2 | 6" | Disappearing Carriages | 1903-1908-1908-1942 | $ 55,000 | Converted to Battery 229 |
| Battery Hindman | 2 | 3" | Pedestal Mount | 1903-1905-1905-1946 | $ 13,444 | |
| Battery Lee (2) | 4 | 3" | Pedestal Mount | 1902-1905-1905-1943 | $ 40,000 | Guns & carriages to Fort Story |
| Source: CDSG | ||||||
World War II
| Battery Click on Battery links below |
No. | Caliber | Type Mount | Service Years | Battery Cost | Notes |
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| Battery 229 | 2 | 6" | Shielded LR Barbette | 1943-1944-1944-NA | $ 262,330 | Located on old Battery Gates |
| Source: CDSG | ||||||
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Location: Located in Virginia's Hampton Roads harbor on a man-made island adjacent to the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel entrance. Access by boat. Maps & Images Lat: 36.98592 Long: -76.30122 |
Sources:
- R. E. Lee, the biography by Douglas Southall Freeman (4 vols., complete online version), page 103
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