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Fort Adams is an irregular pentagon shaped fort located near Newport, Rhode Island. It was named after President John Adams and was first garrisoned in 1799. The original fort consists of a single tier of casemates with additional works outside the fort to guard its landward side added later. Before the ACW Fort Adams was on caretaker status until January 1861 when the fort was reactivated. Early in the war Fort Adams had the unusual job of housing part of the United States Naval Academy as it had been moved from Annapolis when it was unclear as to if Confederate forces could take Maryland. This would last until late September of 1861 when the academy would again be moved.
For the remainder of the the war Fort Adams would serve as HQ to the 15th U.S. Infantry and would also serve as a recruiting center. For a period the fort was commanded by Brig. General Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter fame, in efforts to calm the general as he had been in bad health ever since the Fort Sumter affair in late 1860 and 1861. His command would prove short lived as he would soon retire.
For the rest of the war Fort Adams would continue to serve as a recruiting station and as a coastal defense post but never fired a shot in anger.
Fort Adams would continue to serve as a coastal defense fortification until 1950 when it was handed over to the US Navy and then the state of Rhode Island in 1965. Today Fort Adams is a state park and is open to the public. Unfortunately I've never even been to Rhode Island but all reports indicate this is a very well taken care of piece of American military history and is worth the trip to visit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Adams
http://www.riparks.com/Locations/LocationFortAdams.html
http://www.fortadams.org/
Here is the link to the previous post from my Forgotten Forts Series. In it you'll find the links to all the other forts I've featured.
http://www.civilwartalk.com/threads/forgotten-forts-series-fort-mackinac.77950/
If you have the time please give me a little feedback I love hearing what you all have to say. Anything I can improve on or what more of you would like to see.
Fort Adams is an irregular pentagon shaped fort located near Newport, Rhode Island. It was named after President John Adams and was first garrisoned in 1799. The original fort consists of a single tier of casemates with additional works outside the fort to guard its landward side added later. Before the ACW Fort Adams was on caretaker status until January 1861 when the fort was reactivated. Early in the war Fort Adams had the unusual job of housing part of the United States Naval Academy as it had been moved from Annapolis when it was unclear as to if Confederate forces could take Maryland. This would last until late September of 1861 when the academy would again be moved.
For the remainder of the the war Fort Adams would serve as HQ to the 15th U.S. Infantry and would also serve as a recruiting center. For a period the fort was commanded by Brig. General Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter fame, in efforts to calm the general as he had been in bad health ever since the Fort Sumter affair in late 1860 and 1861. His command would prove short lived as he would soon retire.
For the rest of the war Fort Adams would continue to serve as a recruiting station and as a coastal defense post but never fired a shot in anger.
Fort Adams would continue to serve as a coastal defense fortification until 1950 when it was handed over to the US Navy and then the state of Rhode Island in 1965. Today Fort Adams is a state park and is open to the public. Unfortunately I've never even been to Rhode Island but all reports indicate this is a very well taken care of piece of American military history and is worth the trip to visit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Adams
http://www.riparks.com/Locations/LocationFortAdams.html
http://www.fortadams.org/
Here is the link to the previous post from my Forgotten Forts Series. In it you'll find the links to all the other forts I've featured.
http://www.civilwartalk.com/threads/forgotten-forts-series-fort-mackinac.77950/
If you have the time please give me a little feedback I love hearing what you all have to say. Anything I can improve on or what more of you would like to see.