Quaint and Historic Forts of North America. John Martin Hammond
tion>
John Martin Hammond
Quaint and Historic Forts of North America
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066151928
Table of Contents
FORT INDEPENDENCE (CASTLE WILLIAM) CASTLE ISLAND—BOSTON HARBOR
FORT COLUMBUS, OR JAY GOVERNOR’S ISLAND—NEW YORK HARBOR
TICONDEROGA LAKE CHAMPLAIN—NEW YORK
CROWN POINT LAKE CHAMPLAIN—NEW YORK
THE HEIGHTS OF QUEBEC (THE CITADEL, CASTLE ST. LOUIS) CANADA
FORT ANNAPOLIS ROYAL ANNAPOLIS—ANNAPOLIS BASIN, NOVA SCOTIA
THE CITADEL AT HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA
FORT NIAGARA AT MOUTH OF NIAGARA RIVER—NEW YORK
FORT MICHILLIMACKINAC AND FORT HOLMES MACKINAC ISLAND—MICHIGAN
FORT MASSAC NEAR METROPOLIS—ILLINOIS
WEST POINT, ITS ENVIRONS AND STONY POINT AT ENTRANCE TO HUDSON HIGHLANDS—NEW YORK
FORT CONSTITUTION (FORT WILLIAM AND MARY) GREAT ISLAND NEAR PORTSMOUTH—NEW HAMPSHIRE
FORTS TRUMBULL AND GRISWOLD NEW LONDON AND GROTON, ON THE THAMES—CONNECTICUT
FORT MIFFLIN ON THE DELAWARE—PHILADELPHIA
FORT MARION ST. AUGUSTINE—FLORIDA
LA FUERZA, MORRO CASTLE, AND OTHER DEFENCES HAVANA—CUBA
FORT SAN CARLOS PENSACOLA BAY—FLORIDA
THE PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO GOLDEN GATE—CALIFORNIA
FORT ADAMS AND NEWPORT’S DEFENSIVE RUINS NEWPORT—RHODE ISLAND
FORT MONROE OLD POINT COMFORT—VIRGINIA
FORTS SUMTER AND MOULTRIE NEAR CHARLESTON—SOUTH CAROLINA
FORT PULASKI AT MOUTH, SAVANNAH RIVER—GEORGIA
FORT MORGAN MOBILE BAY—ALABAMA
FORTS JACKSON AND ST. PHILIP AT THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI—LOUISIANA
FORT SNELLING NEAR ST. PAUL—MINNESOTA
FORT LARAMIE AT THE FORKS OF THE PLATTE RIVER—WYOMING
THE ALAMO AND FORT SAM HOUSTON SAN ANTONIO—TEXAS
FORT VANCOUVER COLUMBIA RIVER—WASHINGTON
FORT YUMA AT HEAD OF NAVIGATION, COLORADO RIVER—CALIFORNIA
VALLEY FORGE—YORKTOWN—VICKSBURG—LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN—GETTYSBURG—THE “CRATER”
PREFACE
An account of the most famous fortifications of North America is, in reality, a cross section of the military history of the continent; and whatever ingenuity there may be in this method of presenting the conspicuous deeds of valor of the American people will, it may be hoped, add interest to the following pages.
So many races of men have wrestled for the North American continent in, historically speaking, so brief a space of time! We behold the Indian in possession though we do not know who was his predecessor in holding the land, though the mounds of the Middle West, notably Illinois and Arkansas, point to a race of a higher culture and more developed knowledge of building than the red men had. There come the Spanish with their relentless persecutions of the natives. There come the English, French, Dutch, Swedish. And the claims of each clash, to at length give way—despite the military acumen of the French—to the steady, home-building genius of the English.
Of