Fort Forrest

 (1861-1862) - A Confederate U.S. Civil War Fort established in 1861 on Redstone Point near Manns Harbor, Dare County, North Carolina. Named Fort Forrest after Confederate Navy Captain French Forrest. Destroyed during the Union attack on 8 Feb 1862.

History of
Established in 1861 by Confederate forces as a small shoreline fort across from Roanoke Island, designed to complement Fort Huger. Fort Forrest was built on two shorebound barges equipped with seven 32-pounder cannons. Fort Forrest and Fort Huger were both part of a plan to block passage of Union ships upriver. The plan included a line of 16 sunken ships and a line of pilings both designed to damage ship bottoms and slow their progress.

Garrisoned by Company E, 17th North Carolina Regiment, and Company A, 31st North Carolina Regiment.

Battle of Roanoke Island
Fort Forrest was destroyed and burned during the Union attack on 8 Feb 1862.

Current Status
Marker and some remains.

See Also:
 * Fort Bartow
 * Fort Huger
 * Fort Blanchard
 * Fort Russell
 * Civil War Defenses of Roanoke Island

Sources:
 * , page 615.
 * Merrill, James M., The Rebel Shore, Little Brown & Company, Boston-Toronto, 1957, Public Domain (On Bill Thayer's Website), Chapter 5, page 82-99.
 * New York Times Archive - The Burnside Expedition 15 Feb 1862, page 1.

Links:
 * North American Forts - Fort Forrest
 * NPS - Battle of Roanoke Island
 * North Carolina Markers - Fort Forrest