Fort Monroe
By: Paul S. Morando and David J. Johnson.
Contributors: Johnson, David J.
Series: Images of America
Publisher: Arcadia Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780738567341
Subjects: Soldiers -- Virginia -- Fort Monroe -- History -- Pictorial works; Soldiers -- Virginia -- Fort Monroe -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works; Fort Monroe (Va.) -- History -- Pictorial works; Fort Monroe (Va.) -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works
Description: "Fort Monroe was once a powerful symbol of America's national defense system. From 1823 to 1945, its primary military mission was to protect Hampton Roads and the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay from enemy attacks. Over the years, as military technology advanced, Fort Monroe's defensive posture changed. To counter potential threats, American coastal defense installations such as Fort Monroe developed sophisticated steel disappearing guns, mortars, anti-aircraft weapons, and submarine mines. As the site of the army's Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe trained thousands of soldiers. After World War II, Fort Monroe's role as a coastal defense installation ended, and the post took on new missions as a training headquarters facility. With more than 200 original photographs, this volume unveils the layered history of this massive stone-and-brick installation from the end of the Civil War to the present. This volume will highlight more than 140 years of images that capture Fort Monroe's varied missions, historic buildings, the families who lived there, the resort hotels, and other aspects of this unique national landmark"--p. [4] of cover.
Notes: Contains photographs courtesy of the Casemate Museum, Hampton History Museum, Hampton University Library, The Mariners' Museum, Army Community Services, Claire Samuelson, Fort Monroe Public Affairs Office, Fort Monroe Environmental Office, U.S. Army TRADOC Band, and many other sources, the vast majority of them unnamed.