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# [[Fort Warren]], Portsmouth, NH
# [[Fort Warren]], Portsmouth, NH
# [[Fort Independence]], Boston, MA
# [[Fort Independence]], Boston, MA
# [[Fort Rodman]], New Bedford, MA
# [[Fort Taber]] (Fort at Clark's Point)
# [[Fort Phoenix]], Fairhaven, MA*
# [[Fort Adams]], Narragansett Bay, RI
# [[Fort Adams]], Narragansett Bay, RI
# [[Fort Trumbull]], New London, CT
# [[Fort Trumbull]], New London, CT
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# [[Fort Totten (3)|Fort Totten]], Throgs Neck, NY
# [[Fort Totten (3)|Fort Totten]], Throgs Neck, NY
# [[Fort Hamilton]], New York City, NY
# [[Fort Hamilton]], New York City, NY
# [[Battery Weed]], Staten Island, NY*
# [[Fort Richmond]], Staten Island, NY
# [[Fort Richmond]], Staten Island, NY
# [[Fort Tompkins]], Staten Island, NY
# [[Fort Tompkins]], Staten Island, NY
# [[Fort Wadsworth]], Staten Island, NY*
# [[Fort Hancock]], Sandy Hook, NJ
# [[Fort Delaware]], Pea Patch Island, DE
# [[Fort Delaware]], Pea Patch Island, DE
# [[Fort Carroll]], Baltimore, MD
# [[Fort Carroll]], Baltimore, MD
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# [[Fort McRee]], Pensacola, FL
# [[Fort McRee]], Pensacola, FL
# [[Fort Barrancas]], Pensacola, FL
# [[Fort Barrancas]], Pensacola, FL
# [[Advanced Redoubt of Fort Barrancas]], Pensacola, FL
# [[Advanced Redoubt]] of Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, FL
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# [[Fort Morgan]], Mobile Bay, AL
# [[Fort Morgan]], Mobile Bay, AL

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Third System Forts (1816-1867)

In 1816, following the War of 1812, Congress appropriated over $800,000 for an ambitious seacoast defensive system which was known as the Third System. A Board of Engineers for Fortifications, appointed by President James Madison, visited potential sites and prepared plans for the new forts. The Board's original 1821 report established the policy which would remain in place for most of the 19th century. The original report suggested 50 sites, but by 1850 the board had identified nearly 200 sites for fortification; however, fortifications were only actually built at 42 of these sites.

The main defensive works were large structures, based on the Montalembert concept, with many guns concentrated in tall thick masonry walls, usually built on the sites of earlier forts. Construction was generally overseen by officers of the army's Corps of Engineers. Smaller works guarded less significant harbors.

Third System Forts
East Coast Florida Coast Gulf Coast West Coast
  1. Fort Knox, Prospect, ME
  2. Fort Popham, Phippsburg, ME
  3. Fort Gorges, Portland, ME
  4. Fort Scammel, Cumberland County, ME
  5. Fort Preble, South Portland, ME
  6. Fort McClary, York County, ME
  7. Fort Constitution, Portsmouth, NH
  8. Fort Warren, Portsmouth, NH
  9. Fort Independence, Boston, MA
  10. Fort Taber (Fort at Clark's Point)
  11. Fort Adams, Narragansett Bay, RI
  12. Fort Trumbull, New London, CT
  13. Fort Schuyler, Throgs Neck, NY
  14. Fort Totten, Throgs Neck, NY
  15. Fort Hamilton, New York City, NY
  16. Fort Richmond, Staten Island, NY
  17. Fort Tompkins, Staten Island, NY
  18. Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, NJ
  19. Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, DE
  20. Fort Carroll, Baltimore, MD
  21. Fort Monroe, Hampton, VA
  22. Fort Calhoun (Wool), Hampton, VA
  23. Fort Macon, Morehead City, NC
  24. Fort Caswell, Oak Island, NC
  25. Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC
  26. Fort Pulaski, Savannah, GA
  1. Fort Clinch, Fernandina Beach, FL
  2. Fort Taylor, Key West, FL
  3. Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, FL
  4. Fort Pickens, Pensacola, FL
  5. Fort McRee, Pensacola, FL
  6. Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, FL
  7. Advanced Redoubt of Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, FL
  1. Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, AL
  2. Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, AL
  3. Fort Massachusetts, Ship Island, MS
  4. Fort Pike, Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, LA
  5. Fort Wood, (Macomb), Chef Menteur, LA
  6. Fort Jackson, Port Sulphur, LA
  7. Fort Livingston, Barataria Island, LA
  1. Fort Point (Fort Winfield Scott), San Francisco, CA
  2. Camp Alcatraz, San Francisco, CA

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