Fort Wadsworth (N.Y.)
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- Encycl. hist. forts, 1988; p. 587, etc.(Fort Wadsworth; area on Staten Island occupied by British until end of Revol.; after the war in 1783 area became known as Fort Richmond (at the edge of the narrows); by 1808 this was one garrison of four protecting the Signal Hill area; conditions deteriorated after the war but site later reconstructed under name Battery Weed; in 1902 name designated as Fort Wadsworth)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 40°36ʹ32ʺN 074°03ʹ46ʺW)
- United States. Dept. of the Army.Chapel activities specialist, 1979 (x-ref) p. iii (U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School, Fort Wadsworth, SI, NY)
- Rand McNally comm. atlas & market. guide, 1975:under New York (Fort Wadsworth (U.S. Army); mail, Staten Island)
Wikipedia description:
Fort Wadsworth is a former United States military installation on Staten Island in New York City, situated on The Narrows, which divide New York Bay into Upper and Lower bays, a natural point for defense of the Upper Bay, Manhattan, and beyond. Prior to its closing in 1994, the fort was claimed to be the longest continuously garrisoned military installation in the United States. It comprises several fortifications, including Fort Tompkins and Battery Weed, and was given its present name in 1865 to honor Brigadier General James Wadsworth, who had been killed in the Battle of the Wilderness during the Civil War. Fort Wadsworth is now part of the Staten Island Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, maintained by the National Park Service.
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