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Fort Ward (other)
Fort Ward may refer to several former military installations in the United States including: *Fort Ward (Florida) *Fort Ward (Virginia) *Fort Ward (Washington) Fort Ward may also refer to: *Fort Ward, Bainbridge Island, Washington, a town *Fort Ward Park, a former state park in Bainbridge Island, Washington, that came under municipal control in 2011 {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Fort Ward (Florida)
:''This article deals with Fort Ward, Florida, in the United States. For other Fort Wards, see: Fort Ward (other).'' Fort Ward was a Confederate States of America fort located in Wakulla County, Florida, Wakulla County, Florida, at the confluence of the Wakulla River and St. Marks River and named after George Taliaferro Ward, Colonel George T. Ward, owner of Southwood Plantation, Waverly Plantation (Leon County, Florida), Waverly Plantation, and Clifford Place Plantation south of Tallahassee, Florida, Tallahassee. During the American Civil War, Confederate States Army, Confederate troops placed a artillery battery, battery of cannons at Fort Ward. History The site on which Fort Ward stands was originally a camp site of Spanish Empire, Spanish explorer Pánfilo de Narváez, in 1528, when he ventured north from Tampa, Florida, Tampa. Narváez saw that the area was advantageous in a geographic sense. In 1539, Hernando de Soto (explorer), Hernando de Soto followed with his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Ward (Virginia)
Fort Ward is a former Union Army installation now located in the city of Alexandria in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was the fifth largest fort built to defend Washington, D.C. in the American Civil War. It is currently well-preserved with 90-95% of its earthen walls intact. Occupation of Arlington Before the outbreak of the Civil War, Alexandria County, the closest part of Virginia to Washington, D.C., was a predominantly rural area. Originally part of the District of Columbia, the land now comprising the county was retroceded to Virginia in a July 9, 1846 act of Congress that took effect in 1847. Most of the county is hilly, and at the time, most of the county's population was concentrated in the city of Alexandria, at the far southeastern corner of the county. In 1861, the rest of the county largely consisted of scattered farms, the occasional house, fields for grazing livestock, and Arlington House, owned by Mary Custis, wife of Robert E. Lee. Following the surrender o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Ward (Washington)
Fort Ward is a former United States Army coastal artillery fort, and later, a Navy installation located on the southwest side of Bainbridge Island, Washington, along Rich Passage. History Early During the 1880s, the Endicott Board, convened by Secretary of War William C. Endicott made sweeping recommendations for new or upgraded coastal defense installations and weapons systems. As the 20th century approached, American military strategists realized that heavy, fixed artillery required a very different training program than lighter, mobile field artillery. Fort Ward was originally known as Beans Point and was established in 1890, as one of several US Army Coastal Artillery Corps installations, including Fort Flagler, Fort Casey and Fort Worden, built to defend Puget Sound from enemy warships. Its primary objective was to protect the nearby Bremerton Naval Shipyard. In 1903, the Army officially designated Beans Point as a seacoast fort and named it Fort Ward in honor of Colonel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Ward, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Fort Ward is a former United States Army coastal artillery fort, and later, a Navy installation located on the southwest side of Bainbridge Island, Washington, along Rich Passage. History Early During the 1880s, the Endicott Board, convened by Secretary of War William C. Endicott made sweeping recommendations for new or upgraded coastal defense installations and weapons systems. As the 20th century approached, American military strategists realized that heavy, fixed artillery required a very different training program than lighter, mobile field artillery. Fort Ward was originally known as Beans Point and was established in 1890, as one of several US Army Coastal Artillery Corps installations, including Fort Flagler, Fort Casey and Fort Worden, built to defend Puget Sound from enemy warships. Its primary objective was to protect the nearby Bremerton Naval Shipyard. In 1903, the Army officially designated Beans Point as a seacoast fort and named it Fort Ward in honor of Colone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
