![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Forts | |||
![]() |
Fort Hamilton Fort Hamilton: 1825, Kings County, Brooklyn. One of the three
oldest Army Posts in the country, this site was first used as a battery position,
the Narrows Fort, on July 4, 1776 by General Henry Knox of the Continental Army
to shell the British ship H.M.S. Asia as it approached the Harbor. Americans
withdrew upon the British landings of August 1776, used by British until 1782.
A blockhouse, and 30 gun earthworks were constructed in 1812 on Denyse Heights
near here as Fort Lewis. A permanent granite fort, named for the first Secretary
of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, was started in 1825 and completed by 1831
to protect the Narrows. In 1841-42 new gun emplacements were built by CPT R.E.Lee.
By 1900 new "disappearing" carraiges and breach loading 12" guns with massive
concrete walls were installed. The fort lost its old seaward wall for the new
guns. Status of batteris in 1921 were as follows;
New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military
History |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Home | About the Museum | Contact Us | Articles | Events | Education | Flags | Heraldry Links | Pictures | Press | Research | Unit History Project | Veteran's Oral History | Search |