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The fort is named for Major George Armistead (1780–1818, later promoted to Colonel), commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore, the British Royal Navy attack in September 1814 in the War of 1812; the battle inspired the writing of the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry" by Francis Scott Key which, later set to music as "The Star ...
Fort Armistead was a U.S. Army fort in the Cherokee National Forest near Coker Creek, Tennessee. It was founded in 1832 and was only periodically used in the following years. In 1838, Fort Armistead was re-stationed as part of an effort to forcibly relocate the Cherokee and became part of the Trail of Tears. It was then permanently abandoned ...
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Tennessee. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and ...
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampton, ... Headquarters of Fort Monroe from 1819 to 1907; [8] ... 232 S. Armistead Ave.
This is a list of historical forts in the United States. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included.
In U.S. Army terms, rows of once spectacular homes that have graced historic Fort Leavenworth for more than 100 years stand in defeat. Like downtrodden troops, grand houses of red brick or yellow ...
Fort Armistead Park is the site of a United States Army coastal defense fort which was built from 1897 to 1901, and was active from 1901 to 1920. [17] The park is on the far southeastern coast of Hawkins Point, on the boundary with Anne Arundel County, and features a network of underground tunnels beneath the concrete fort remains.
Fort Fisher, which kept the Port of Wilmington open to blockade-runners bringing in necessary goods up until the the last few months of the Civil War, was designated a National Historic Landmark ...