Quaint and Historic Forts of North AmericaHammond, John Martin
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Quaint and Historic Forts of North America
Hammond, John Martin
Fortification -- North America; Fortification -- United States; Historic buildings -- United States
Hamilton, Fort, New York, 45
Havana, Cuba, Forts at, 201-206
Heald, Captain Nathan, 22, 23
Heights of Quebec, 72-83
Hennepin, Friar Louis, and his map, 114
Holmes, Major, 140
Holmes, Fort, Michigan, 131-140
Howe, Sir William, 59
Independence, Fort, Boston, 25-35, 148
Irving, Washington, 36
Jackson, Fort, Louisiana, 263-267
Jay, Fort, New York, 36-48
Johnson, William, of New York, 53, 54, 55, 56, 69, 104, 117, 119
Johnston, General Albert Sidney, 284
Kaskaskia, Illinois, 143
Keogh, Fort, Montana, 289
Key, Francis Scott, 180, 187
Kirke, Admiral Sir David, attacks Quebec, 74
Kosciuszko, 151
Lafayette, Fort, 45
La Fuerza, Cuba, 201-206
Laramie, Fort, Wyoming, 273-278
Larrabee, Captain Lieutenant John, 30
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, 114, 131
Laurel Moat, Havana, 206
Leavenworth, Fort, Kansas, 287 et seq.
Le Bœuf, Fort, 20, 21
Lee, Robert E., 181;
resigns from U. S. Army, 284
Lescarbot, Marc, 86
Louisburg, Nova Scotia, importance of, 1;
incentives to attack, 2;
preparations against, 4;
a novel plan, 5;
expedition sails, 6;
strongest outlying work, 8;
siege progresses, 10;
restored to France, 10
Louis de la Mobile, Fort, Alabama, 257
McHenry, Fort, Maryland, 180-189
McHenry, James, Secretary of War, 184
McKenzie, Sir William’s experiment in Nova Scotia, 88, 89
M’Lean, Colonel Francis, 100
Mackinac Island, State park commission, 140
Marion, Fort, Florida, 190-200
Marion, General Francis, 199
Marquette, Father, 131-132
Massac, Fort, Illinois, 21, 141-146
Matanzas Inlet, Florida, 192
Menendez, Juan, de Aviles, 193
Mercer, Fort, New Jersey, 175
Mermet, Father, 142, 143
Metropolis, Illinois, 141
Michillimackinac, Michigan, 131-140
Mifflin, Fort, Pa., 173-179
Monitor and Merrimac, seen from Fort Monroe, 240
Monroe, Fort, Virginia, 232-240
Montcalm, Marquis de, 57, 59, 60, 62, 69, 127, 128
Montgomery, Fort, Alabama, 212
Montgomery, Fort, New York, 148, 149
Montgomery, Richard, 82, 83
Montmagny, Governor of Canada, 76
Monts, Sieur de, discovers Annapolis basin, 82
Morgan, Fort, Alabama, 257, 262
Morro Castle, Cuba, 201-206
Moultrie, Fort, South Carolina, 200, 241-250
New London, Conn., 167 et seq.
Newport, R. I., Forts at, 222-231
Newport Artillery Co., 222
Niagara, Fort, New York, 113-121
Nonsense, Fort, 170
Ontario, Fort, New York, 122-130
Ordre de la Bon Temps, 86
Osceola, Monument at Fort Moultrie, 244
Oswego, New York, 122, 130
Pell, S. H. P., of New York, restores Ticonderoga, 65
Pell, William F., of New York, acquires Ticonderoga, 65
Pemaquid, Maine, 105, 106, 111
Pensacola, Florida, Fort at, 207-214
Pentagoet, or Castine, 103, 105, 107
Peoria, Illinois, 24
Pepperell, William, of Kittery, Maine, chosen to head expedition, 5;
home still standing, 5, 30, 125
Phil Kearney, Fort, 285 et seq.
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