Craney Island Fort

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.

Current Status

Destroyed, site is now U.S. Navy Fuel Depot, Portsmouth City, Virginia

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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 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 10'

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

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