180
Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida
190
La Fuerza, Morro Castle, and Other Defences, Havana, Cuba
201
Fort San Carlos de Barrancas, Pensacola Bay, Florida
207
The Presidio of San Francisco, Golden Gate, California
215
Fort Adams and Newport’s Defensive Ruins, Newport, Rhode Island
222
Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia
232
Forts Sumter and Moultrie, near Charleston, South Carolina
241
Fort Pulaski, at Mouth of Savannah River, Georgia
251
Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, Alabama
257
Forts Jackson and St. Philip, at Mouth of the Mississippi, Louisiana
263
Fort Snelling, near St. Paul, Minnesota
268
Fort Laramie, at the Forks of the Platte River, Wyoming
273
The Alamo and Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas
279
Other Western Forts: FORT PHIL KEARNEY, NEBRASKA; FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS; FORT FETTERMAN, WYOMING; FORT BRIDGER, WYOMING; FORT KEOGH, MONTANA; FORT DOUGLAS, UTAH
285
Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River, Washington
290
Fort Yuma, at Head of Navigation, Colorado River, California
295
Valley Forge—Yorktown—Vicksburg—Lookout Mountain—Gettysburg—The “Crater”
299
Index
305
ILLUSTRATIONS
Table of Contents
The Ancient Watch-tower of Fort Marion, St. Augustine,
Florida Frontispiece
(By courtesy of the St. Augustine Historical Society)
Mighty Louisburg To-day, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia:
To Sea from the Ruined Walls
2
All That Remains Standing
2
Water-front of Present-day Detroit
16
Where Indian Canoes and the Palisades of the French Were.
Old Block-house, Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh, Pa.
18
(From a Painting in the Collection of the Pennsylvania Historical Society)
Fort Independence from the Water, Boston, Mass.
26
Floating Hospital in Foreground
Fort Independence, Castle Island, Boston, Mass.:
Fort Winthrop from Castle Island
30
Main Entrance, Fort Independence
30
Harbor Side, Fort Independence, Boston, Mass.
34
Entrance to Fort Columbus (Fort Jay), Governor’s Island, New York Harbor
36
Fort Sites in Present-day New York City:
Fort Washington Point. Fort Lee on Opposite Shore
38
Where Was Fort Amsterdam; the Customs House
38
Fort Lafayette, from Fort Hamilton, New York