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Fort Knox, now Fort Knox State Park or Fort Knox State Historic Site, [1] is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in the town of Prospect, Maine, about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the mouth of the river. Built between 1844 and 1869, it was the first fort in Maine built entirely of granite; most previous forts used wood, earth, and stone ...
Location: Phippsburg, Maine: Coordinates: 1]: Built: 1861 (): Architect: US Army Corps of Engineers: NRHP reference No.: 69000012: Fort Popham: Part of Coast Defenses of the Kennebec: Phippsburg, Maine: Type: Fortification: Site information; Owner: Public - State of Maine: Controlled by: State of Maine: Open to the public: partly: Site history; Built: 1857–1869: Built by: U.S. Army Corps of ...
Site of fortification on the Machias River destroyed during both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812: Fort Popham State Historic Site: Sagadahoc: Phippsburg: 4 1.6 Civil War-era coastal fortification at the mouth of the Kennebec River: Fort Pownall: Waldo: Stockton Springs: 3 1.2 In Fort Point State Park: John Paul Jones State ...
A Distant War Comes Home: Maine in the Civil War Era (1991) Excerpts; short popular essays; Miller, Richard F. ed. States at War, Volume 1: A Reference Guide for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the Civil War (2013) excerpt
It is a roughly 2-acre (0.81 ha) parcel, with a small parking area and a grassy area near the riverbank where the fortifications originally stood. Earthworks and a flagpole mark the location of the Civil War defenses, while the Revolutionary War-era earthworks, located just to their north, are obscured by scrubby growth. The Civil War batteries
Maine in the American Civil War — people, places, and events of the state of Maine associated with the American Civil War (1861−1865). The main article for this category is Maine in the American Civil War .
Fort Gorges is a former United States military fort built on Hog Island Ledge in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. [2] Built from 1858 to 1864, no battles were fought there and no troops were stationed there.
The fort was manned near the start of the war by the Maine Coast Guard and the Kittery Artillery company, and in 1864 was also manned by the Maine State Guard. [2] Its Civil War garrison notably included Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, who enlisted in Company A of the Maine State Guard as a private and served as a cook in the fort.