This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Fortress Monroe A Modern Coastal Fort Guard of Washington
A detailed portrait of Fortress Monroe tracing its role as the nation’s outer coastal bulwark near Chesapeake Bay. The piece covers its history, mounted guns, mine fields, officers, artillery school, and the daily routines of garrison life, including target practice and night mine-field drills. It notes the fort’s place in defense of Washington and Richmond and the evolution of artillery from old smoothbores to modern rifles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Monroe
Chesapeke Bay
James River
Fortress Monroe
Virginia Fort
Cornwellis
Morreoe
New World
Cornwallis
Washington
Yorktown
George
France
arNies
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Davis
Miles
Lincoln
America
Virginia
Baltimore
Fort Wool
Norfolk
Richmond
Cape Charles
Cape
Chesapeake
the James
Fortress
Crozier
Young Men’s Christian Association
Fort
Helen Gould
Tien-Tsin
Santiago
Uncle Sam