Fort Stevens (Washington, D
Fort Stevens may refer to one of three decommissioned American military forts: *Fort Stevens (Oregon), a fort in Oregon that guarded the mouth of the Columbia River * Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.), a fort in Washington, D.C. that defended the city during the Civil War *Fort Stevens (New York) Fort Stevens was a fort on Hallett's Point, Queens, along the East River, constructed in 1814. The fort included a blockhouse on Mill Rock in the River at Hell Gate. Plans from February 1776 showed earlier forts on both sides of the East River in ...

Fort Stevens (Oregon)
Fort Stevens was an American military installation that guarded the mouth of the Columbia River in the state of Oregon. Built near the end of the American Civil War, it was named for Civil War general and former Washington Territory governor, Isaac I. Stevens. The fort was an active military reservation from 1863–1947. It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today the site is an Oregon state park just northwest of Warrenton. History Civil War The fort was constructed in 1863-64 during the Civil War as an earthwork battery on the south shore of the mouth of the Columbia River, and was known as the Fort at Point Adams. It was later renamed as Fort Stevens in 1865, in honor of the former territorial governor of Washington, Isaac Stevens, who had been killed in action at the Battle of Chantilly during the American Civil War. Fort Stevens was the primary military installation in what became the "Three Fort Harbor Defense System" at the mouth of th ...
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Fort Stevens (Washington, D
Fort Stevens may refer to one of three decommissioned American military forts: *Fort Stevens (Oregon), a fort in Oregon that guarded the mouth of the Columbia River * Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.), a fort in Washington, D.C. that defended the city during the Civil War *Fort Stevens (New York) Fort Stevens was a fort on Hallett's Point, Queens, along the East River, constructed in 1814. The fort included a blockhouse on Mill Rock in the River at Hell Gate. Plans from February 1776 showed earlier forts on both sides of the East River in ...