EarthWork Forts !
NORTH AMERICAN
FORTIFICATIONS
An American Forts Network historical website
Oak Island, North Carolina
Fort Caswell History
The Cape Fear River was lined with Confederate and other earlier fortifications many with beginning as earthworks
South Carolina Forts
Battery White is a ten-gun CSA earthwork located at present-day Belle Isle Gardens four miles south of Georgetown
Eastern Forts
Forts of Eastern Lake Ontario
Some early photo's of the fort
Fort Ontario Built 1839 - 1844
Western Forts
I have done a search on earthwork forts.. lots of them date from the 1700's . I believe that most of
the first forts built in Eastern and South Eastern America were of this form. When looking at early forts
of the Western states there is little mention of earthwork encampments.
My searh has found a number of forts in and around NY harbor.
I found it interesting that there were a
lot of references to earth works forts.
I was unable to find any descriptions or drawing of said earthworks, for surely they are long gone.
The only site I found was this..New York Harbor Forts
and other historic sites
Presented by American Forts Network shows all the forts around NY. This is a good comparison to the Indians use of mounds.
The American War for Independence June 17, 1775
Here you will learn how Boston was defended from the hill tops of Moulton’s Hill,Breed’s Hill and
Bunker Hill
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From the web site
US History.com
A discription of
New York Forts
During the Revolutionary War, Brooklyn was the site of the
important Battle of Long Island. Fort Putnam, erected by
General Nathanael Green in 1776, protected General Washington's
retreat after the battle. On the same site, Americans built an
earthworks fort to protect themselves against a British attack
during the War of 1812. They named it Fort Greene, after General
Greene.
The original Fort Wellington was built in 1813, as a wooden blockhouse with earthworks and a shore battery
Construction of Fort Washington and Fort Lee had begun in July 1776
The fort was designed as a pentagonal (or
five-bastioned) earthwork fortification.
Of Interest
Hints of cosmic crash at Serpent Mound
Hints of cosmic crash at Serpent Mound
Links
to mounds in about every state
Earth Works.Org