Historic Fort Wadsworth

Since 1636

As its discoverer in 1574, Verrazzano observed the surrounding terrain and called it Agoleme. Upon this high ground Lenape Indians gazed down on Hudson’s Half Moon as it sailed through the Narrows in 1609. In 1636, the Dutch ...

Fort Wadsworth

Built following the Battle of the Weldon Railroad in August 1864, Fort Wadsworth anchored the extreme left of the Union siege lines for more than a month. It secured the the Union grip on the Petersburg & Weldon Railroad - ...

Fort Wadsworth /

Gateway National Recreation Area

Fort Wadsworth side:

Point, counterpoint. As one nation improves its offensive weapons, another revamps its defenses. It’s the story of military history, and Fort Wadsworth tells it as well as any place in America.

British soldiers built the first ...

Fort Wadsworth

This strategic coastal location

at the Narrows was used as the

staging ground for the massive

British invasion of Brooklyn

in August 1776.

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

Marker is on Hudson Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org