The Old Indian Fort

This marks the site of

The Old Fort

Built A.D. 1756

The western outpost

of the United States

and

of North Carolina

until 1776

from which this town was

named

Marker is at the intersection of Catawba Avenue and North Railroad Street on Catawba Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Construction of Fort Miles

As war clouds gathered in the late 1930s, the Army started building massive fortifications at the entrance to the Delaware River and Bay. Called Fort Miles, the main batteries and headquarters were at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, near the main shipping ...

The Irish Connection to Fort Adams

Problem . . . Insufficient workforce to build a Fortress.

The solution would come from Ireland. Five hundred families came to not only escape famine and economic hardship, but here they obtained the freedoms they so longed for in their homeland.

Fort ...

The Battle of Fort George

La Bataille de Fort George

On the 25th May, 1813, the American Fleet and the Batteries at Fort Niagara across the river began a devastating two-day bombardment of Fort George. On the 27th a large American force was landed and after ...

To the Defenders of Fort Moultrie

[Front of Monument:]

[Upper Plaque:]

Second

South Carolina

Regiment

Army of the

Revolution

Organized

June 17, 1775

[Lower Plaque:]

“To the

Defenders

Of

Fort Moultrie

June The 28th

1776”

[Engraved in Base:]

“No men ever did and it is impossible

The Construction of Fort Griswold

Stabilization and Preservation of Fort Griswold

In November 1775, Colonel Jedeiah Elderkin was directed by the Governor and the Council of Safety “to view the circumstances of the harbor at New London and neighboring places, and consider of the most proper ...

Changing Role of the Fort

The late 19th century saw revolutionary changes in both weapons and strategies of defense. Steam powered ships with high velocity naval guns could now bring the walls down and rendered forts obsolete. To remedy the risk, Fort Adams expanded outside ...

Frederica - The Fort

" In the morning, Mr. Oglethorpe began

to mark out a fort with four bastions, and

taught the men how to dig the ditch, and

raise and turf the rampart."

Francis Moore

1736

A Voyage to Georgia

General Oglethorpe chose this site for

Frederica's fort. ...

The 1836 Fort

In May of 1836 the 88th Regiment of the Georgia Militia built a small fort in anticipation of an attack by the Creek Indians. The Steamer Georgian had arrived crowded with women and children fleeing from the Indian uprising at ...

Site of the Smaller Fort

Site of the smaller fort to protect the whites in the Indian War of 1855. A Stockade stretched from here to the main blockhouse at the foot of Cherry Street.

Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street and ...