Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-02-20
F0RTIFICATIONS OF THE UNITED
STATES.

F0RTIFICATI0NS OF THE UNITED
STATES.
e We copy from AppletOn's New Amer
{ ican CyclUI@dia, statement exhibiting
the Notifications of the country existing
| or IN course of construction in 1859. their
location. and the amount expended in their
r construction. and modification and repair:
= ON THE NOzTERN FRoAIIKR oosr
Fort Wayne. near Detroit. Mich. sl7I.75j
Fort Porter, near Buffalo, y Y. IT6 5ut
Fort Niagara Niagara river n. Y. d. o.
, Fort Ontario, nrar OsEegs.N y Y, s6I3
ror. Montgomery, At outlet Of l. Chanplkn. 99j gj5
Total cost of Forts on Northern Frontier 5os5O
on THE ATLANTIC GrLF COAST.
f. Knox. narrOpI OF Pc, scot river. Me- s3sI4.e
sart Al snt OF Kenen-e river, Me- I.OCO
Sort prebis. Portland h-rior. - 523i
FJrt Scanmei, Portland harbcr. Ne. s9.-s6
Fort On Hog Island ledge. Portland hsrbor s4sl6
FOit McClaT, Portsmouth, harbOr, " IL su5-z
rrTt Con s.itutiOH. Portsmouth, harbor u 69I
Fort lnde .endence. Bogtos harbor, &ass 5Ig67b
FSrt vi tho .. ;0sIOu h4rsor $50 IA
Fort Warren. Boston harbor I,sU- 90.
fOfIs - NeS BsrfJrd haIaOr Mass. sS DO
EOrt AusEas. New port htrbor. X. 1. 1851 3g3
/ tt frunbail, NeS LoadOn haroOr, Conn. s5UgIi
k"r 6risw old. New LONDON harbOr - 73a
Fort Sehyl Ter Eas river. n l. 20 3OJs
fOrt opposite fort Chuy Ter ny. I3s
Bltt ry,N,Y: 800 4s7
Fort Gibson. Ellis Island n. Y. 5Ug,
Fort Wood, Bedive's Island n. Y. 9a3 JDp
/ Fort Richmond, Saten Island.N y Y. 6-U757
Fort site Of e rOnpkins ). Island It5~uJI
[ BtItery Huls.sn- :. Island 25u-I
| B.Itery Norton. Island } jur
Font Ia. fay ettc. at the NarroEs, Y. 7. 35lgIl
/ ut ilamii. GU, at the NarTows t3I.75S
fort at andy Hook n. J.. Ito tUJ
I Font v III "a. near Phi a lphis Pa p sgg
] y Delaware. Pea-P.Teh Island, Del. river l33s :
tO4I McIieTry- BaltIn-re harnnr, SD. 40 80
y CARROLL s'lSrs Point d ats, Bali. harbor 7o3 ,
FORT Watson AanSpOl n rbOr. Nd. a 6UU
| FOrG Stevens. Annapolis harbOr 64s4
/ Eort AshiLgion on Potomac river. Nd SIS 5s9
Fort Monroe ulJa2tOn Rnais. Va 2476,s7t
3 Fort Calhoun, Hampton Roads I-s4.71l
/ Fort Macon, Beaufort harbor. N. c. 453 79u
/ To tCsswell, nauth OF Cape Fear river I7i 2sl
Castle PIekney, Cha lesjon h4r5or, s. c. 63-yg
/ for- lOultrie. Charleston harb0r - COL |
! = rt sumter. Ch1r!e>tOu karbsr 9s5 4.s
Fort Pulaski mouth OF savannah river, Ga. 9-r-59
F-rt Jackson, savannah river IS2 GCD
Fort Ciinch Amelia Islaud, Fla. l7O 0lO
tot Marion s. Augcstne. Fla. 81 3ii b
toJAaylOr. Kew West. liz. I I3ut Cg !
Fort jefferson Garden Re F'e I.Ist IL /
F,rt Piekeus Pensacola hTeor. Fla 4,l55 !
Fort Mckee. Pensacola Aarhor 4i4 20 :
Fort BIFraacss. barracks an redcuht, Pen
sacOll harhOr 90 .5g4 /
Fort NOryan. No,ile Point. Ala. la4l ST. !
Fprt Gaius pS PLin IsItnd. Mobile hay 22I 5tO I
Deienres for inner passes into Mobile bay I5d 4
sort Ship Island. eoast Of Mississippi 20 l95
vi itsry defencss at PrOcfor L 'HdiHg. La 1876
BAIT n B'eHvenue, RayOu hienveBue, La l.917i 4
I'r AacOuh Chef Ment-ur PISS, La 4S5 J9t /
r Pike. Eis cts "a AZ COT &
Fort Jackson. Mssissipi.. river La. rs. .6a- .
Fort St Phillip. opposite Ft Jackson La e5~.537 {
FCrt LcYiH-s sto' BaratarIa Bay La 35s SO
DsfsUees for Gelseston harGor, TsxAs 500
T,iaI COS; Of A Iantic and Gulf Forts S25 ss5 62I
os The PACIFIC csAsF.
Port at Port Point san Fran cisco bay. Cal l553 s:4
f'rt AieAtfsz island. San Fr4nsiscO bay ssd 665
T5:Af on P&cifc Coast 81 I51 $40
RKcAsrTrLATtoS'
Amt for > ,rds "a the Northe Frontier $3.50 $50
Aal't FOR ~orss the Atlantic and Gsif
coa.. 1886 81
Al unt Tor works on saeIfe e5ast 24OGO
Tot,I. s3u 176 ~
Of the condition cf soma of the South
ern Notifications, a correspondent of the .
Cincinnati Gazette writes as follows:
Fortress Monroe. in the State of Yi,,cin- J
ia, has eight companies. containing about
five hundred men. which is abundantly
sufficient to hold it against sudden attack.
Fort Pulaski, on the Savannah river a.
bout thirty-fve miles below the City of Sa-
vannah. mounts about sixty guns. COM
mands the river and harbOr Of Savannah,
and has not a man or bayonet in it. l see
the SeeessiOnists are proposing to take the
cannon from this place to Charleston. and
use them in bonn harding Fort Sumpter
AID there is nothing to prevent them from /
doing ii. II
Forts McClea anu pickenSat Pensaco-
In. have, one of them about so guns, and |
the other about l2O. Here there : a skel-
ct company of about 80 men in barTacts ,
on shore, who can be thrown into the fart
in five minutes. There are also some 20
sailors and marines at the navy yard al
Pensacola, one and half miles from the .
ort.
Fort Taylor. at Key West. has 10 guns .
mounted. and viii mount l20. There is =
skeleton company of about 10 men, half on 4
'hore and the other half in the fort. All =
IN be in the fort at minutes warming !.
Fort Jefferson. at the Tortugas. is not Il
Iuite finished, has only few guns mount .,
d, aud when finished will mount 100 h
Here there is not bayonet nor a man. ri
Fort Jackson and Fort St. Phillips are :;
n opposite sides of the Mississippi river.
bout 60 miles below New Orleans, and
ompletely command the river One of /
hem has 40 guns mounted and the other
O. Here there is not bayonet or man.
The forts at Ship Island and Galveston.
o which the cannon from Pittsburgh were
ent. have in reality no existence as forts. fr,
kept on the statue book. At ship Is Ci
md the foundation has been commenced. f,
nd is now about level with the top of the or
round. At Galveston the site has mere su
: been selected and surveyed, and no work
Jne. 1t will be years before cannon III
III be mounted at either of these places. ar
rom this statement the country will Judge tn
no is at fault for the failure to defend the bu
'untry. an