Quaint and Historic Forts of North America. John Martin Hammond

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       John Martin Hammond

      Quaint and Historic Forts of North America

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066151928

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       ILLUSTRATIONS

       STRONGHOLDS OF THE PAST

       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 GEORGE CASTINE—MAINE

       FORT FREDERICK PEMAQUID—MAINE

       FORT NIAGARA AT MOUTH OF NIAGARA RIVER—NEW YORK

       FORT ONTARIO OSWEGO—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 McHENRY BALTIMORE

       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

       OTHER WESTERN FORTS

       FORT VANCOUVER COLUMBIA RIVER—WASHINGTON

       FORT YUMA AT HEAD OF NAVIGATION, COLORADO RIVER—CALIFORNIA

       VALLEY FORGE—YORKTOWN—VICKSBURG—LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN—GETTYSBURG—THE “CRATER”

       INDEX

PREFACE

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      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.

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