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==Construction==
==Construction==
Fort Monroe was built as a seven front brick and morter fort with 10' thick walls and a surrounding wet moat. It was first designed for 380 guns and later expanded to a 412 gun capacity but was never fully armed. The fort was planned as for a peacetime garrison of 600 men and a wartime garrison of 2,625 men.
Fort Monroe was built as a seven front, brick and morter, fort with 10' thick walls and a surrounding wet moat. It was first designed for 380 guns, later expanded to a 412 gun capacity, but was never fully armed. The fort was planned for a peacetime garrison of 600 men and a wartime garrison of 2,625 men.


Fort Monroe was first garrisoned 25 Jul 1823 by Company G, [[3rd U.S. Artillery]] and by 1825 the garrison was the largest in the United States.
Fort Monroe was first garrisoned 25 Jul 1823 by Company G, [[3rd U.S. Artillery]] and by 1825 the garrison was the largest in the United States. In 1824 it became the first U.S. Army "Artillery School of Practice".


==Civil War==
==[[U.S. Civil War]]==
==Spanish American War==
==[[Spanish American War]]==
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==WWI==
==[[World War I]]==
==WWII==
==[[World War II]]==
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==Current==
==Current==

Revision as of 21:25, 13 February 2008

Fort Monroe in Harpers Weekly during the U.S. Civil War


Fort Monroe (1819-Active) - Designed as the first by Brig. Gen. Simon Bernard and officially named for President James Monroe in 1832. Construction on Fort Monroe began in 1819 and was completed in 1834. First known as Fortress Monroe.

Early History

The first fortification built on this site was Fort Algernourne built in 1609 by Captain John Smiths settlers. Other fortifications were built here during the colonial period but did not last. After the war of 1812 it was decided that a system of coastal defenses were needed and Fort Monroe was the first of those to be built.

Construction

Fort Monroe was built as a seven front, brick and morter, fort with 10' thick walls and a surrounding wet moat. It was first designed for 380 guns, later expanded to a 412 gun capacity, but was never fully armed. The fort was planned for a peacetime garrison of 600 men and a wartime garrison of 2,625 men.

Fort Monroe was first garrisoned 25 Jul 1823 by Company G, 3rd U.S. Artillery and by 1825 the garrison was the largest in the United States. In 1824 it became the first U.S. Army "Artillery School of Practice".

U.S. Civil War

Spanish American War

Fort Monroe Endicott Period Battery (edit list)
Battery
Click on Battery links below
No. Caliber Type Mount Service Years Battery Cost Notes
Battery Anderson 8 12" Mortar 1896-1898-1898-1943 $ 48,670 4 mortars removed 1917-1918
Battery Ruggles 8 12" Mortar 1896-1898-1898-1943 $ 48,670 4 mortars removed 1917-1918
Battery De Russy 3 12" Disappearing 1898-1903-1904-1944 $ 142,348
Battery Parrott (1) 2 12" Disappearing 1902-1906-1906-1943 $ 211,500 Used for Battery AMTB 23 - Parrott
1943-1946
Battery Humphreys (3) 1 10" Disappearing 1897-1910 $ 59,965 Destroyed
Battery Eustis 2 10" Disappearing 1898-1900-1901-1942 $ 80.767 Destroyed
Battery Church 2 10" Disappearing 1897-1900-1901-1942 $ 90,473
Battery Bomford 2 10" Disappearing 1891-1897-1897-1942 $ 175,348 Destroyed
Northeast Bastion Battery 1 10" Disappearing 1900-1908 $ ?
Battery Barber 1 8" Barbette 1898-1915 $ 1,663 Destroyed
Battery Parapet 4 8" Barbette 1898-1915 $ 1,611 Mostly buried
Battery Montgomery (2) 2 6" Pedestal 1901-1903-1904-1948 $ 24,000 Guns removed 1917
Guns replaced 1919
Guns removed 1941
Destroyed
Battery Gatewood 4 4.7" Armstrong 1898-1914 $ 2,956 Mostly buried
Battery Irwin 4 3" Masking Parapet 1900-1903-1903-1920 $ 12,500 2, 3" Guns from Fort Wool (1)
Battery Hindman in 1946
Source: CDSG

World War I

World War II

Fort Monroe World War II Battery (edit list)
Battery
Click on Battery links below
No. Caliber Type Mount Service Years Battery Cost Notes
Battery AMTB 23 - Parrott 2 90 mm Fixed Pedestal 1943-1943-1943-1946 $ 17,289 Built on Battery Parrott
Battery 124 2 16" Long Range Barbette Carriage
Navy Gun (1940 Program)
Not Built $ ?
Source: CDSG

Current

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Location:

Maps & Images

Lat: 37.004129 Long: -76.307237

Sources:

  • Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 815-818
  • Lewis, Emanuel Raymond, Seacoast Fortifications of the United States: An Introductory History, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD, 7th printing, 1993, ISBN 1-55750-502-0, page 41-43

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