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
A Distant View of Fort Constitution 165
Historic Points on the Thames River, Conn.:
Fort Griswold, Groton 168
Fort Trumbull, New London 168
Entrance to Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia 174
The Moat in Winter, Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia 178
Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md.:
A View from an Aeroplane 180
The Guard-house 180
Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md.:
Looking Toward the Lazaretto 182
One of the Old Batteries in Place 182
Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md.:
From This Point the Star Spangled Banner Flew 187
The Entrance 187
Col. George Armistead 188
In Command of Fort McHenry During the Siege
Moat and Entrance, Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla. 190
(By courtesy of the St. Augustine Historical Society)
Incline Leading to Ramparts, Fort Marion, St. Augustine,
Fla. 196
(By courtesy of the St. Augustine Historical Society)
Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba 203
Fort San Carlos de Barrancas, near Pensacola, Florida 209
(By courtesy of the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce)
Fort Scott and the Golden Gate, Presidio Reservation, San
Francisco, Cal. 216
(By courtesy of R. J. Waters & Co.)
Lime Rock Light-house, Newport Harbor, Looking Toward
Fort Adams 222
Glimpses of Newport’s Historic Defences:
Parade, Old Fort Adams 225
Present-day Aspect of Fort Greene 225
Panorama of Newport Harbor, R. I., Showing Fort Adams at
Left Middle Distance 230
Goat Island in Central Distance.
Fort Dumplings, Conanicut Island, a Revolutionary Relic
Near Newport 231
From the Ramparts of Fort Monroe, Looking Toward Hampton
Roads 232
Taken During the Jamestown Celebration by the United
States War Department and Reproduced by Special
Permission.
Garden View of One of Monroe’s Ante-bellum Residences 234
Fire!!! 236
Showing Shells Just Leaving Mortars, Fort Monroe, Va.
This Remarkable Photograph Was Taken with Modern High
Speed Apparatus by the Corps of Enlisted Specialists
Stationed at This Post.
(By courtesy of the War Department)
Casemates of Fort Monroe, as They Were During the Civil War 239
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