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* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/varoads.html#craney North American Forts - Craney Island Fort] | * [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/varoads.html#craney North American Forts - Craney Island Fort] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Craney_Island Wikipedia - Battle of Craney Island] | |||
* [http://historicforrest.com/CraneyIsland1813/index.html Battle of Craney Island 200th Anniversary] | |||
* [http://hamptonroads.com/2008/06/finally-1813-battle-gets-some-respect Hampton Roads - 1813 Battle] | |||
* [http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wcarr1/Lossing2/Chap30.html Roots Web - Lossing, Chapt 30] | |||
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Craney Island Fort (1813-1815, 1862) - A U.S. Army Second System coastal fort established in 1813 during the War of 1812 by General Robert B. Taylor on Craney Island in present day Portsmouth City, Virginia. Unsuccessfully attacked by British forces in 1813. Abandoned at the end of the war in 1815. Reactivated as a Confederate post in 1862 during the U.S. Civil War abandoned later in 1862.
Craney Island Fort History
Current Status
Destroyed, site is now U.S. Navy Fuel Depot, Portsmouth City, Virginia
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 2512154
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Location: Craney Island Fuel Depot, Portsmouth City, Virginia. Maps & Images Lat: 36.8884137 Long: -76.3598805 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 807
Links:
- North American Forts - Craney Island Fort
- Wikipedia - Battle of Craney Island
- Battle of Craney Island 200th Anniversary
- Hampton Roads - 1813 Battle
- Roots Web - Lossing, Chapt 30
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