How many?

[hughes]

MSN

Anybody in double digits in visiting the sites. Are there any that have been omitted?

 

[Josh The Lighthouse Guy]

That page is a mess of ads.

Counting only true forts and not any strong points on entenchment lines dubbed forts, among those active in the 1860s I've been to:
Sumter
Sullivan
Morgan
Gaines
Clinch
Pickens
Jefferson
Fisher
Macon

Constitution and Knox in Maine

And I got a good view of Pike from the nearby bridge, but it was closed to the public by then.

 

[bdtex]

Fort Barrancas and Fort Negley are all I have been to on that list.

 

[LCYingling3rd]

I am confused as usual. The only list I saw on the MSN link was the oldest forts list? The only fort I have visited on that list is Fort Frederick in Maryland.

I have been to Fort McHenry in Baltimore many times and I really enjoyed visiting Fortress Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. Both were active during the war.

I don't understand why Fort Monroe is not on the oldest list. While the masonry fort was not built until the 1830's (By US Army engineer Robert E Lee) there has been a fortification at the site since the 1600's. It is also the last remaining Fort with a moat in the US...

I will have to start visiting more forts. Especially in Florida. I really should have visited Forts Niagara and Ticonderoga since they are so close to me. I am pretty sure my family visited Ticonderoga when I was a kid, but that doesn't count because I am not sure.

 

[major bill]

Only seven for me. The list is rather selective and omits many old forts which I have been to.

 

[farrargirl]

Fort Barrancas and Fort Negley are all I have been to on that list.

hey @bdtex , is there anything to see at Fort Barancas? Been to all the forts down here, never been to that one. And I live about 20 miles from it…

 

[bdtex]

hey @bdtex , is there anything to see at Fort Barancas? Been to all the forts down here, never been to that one. And I live about 20 miles from it…

Oh yes. Plenty to see. Go.

 

[major bill]

I plan on visting Fort Western, Maine, Fort Halifax, Maine, and Fort Edegcomb this spring. Not sure what I will see.

 

[History hoarder63]

MSN

Anybody in double digits in visiting the sites. Are there any that have been omitted?

Actually did some archaeology at Fort Mifflin which is a real gem but largely forgotten and seldom visited. It is one of the oldest on the list since a portion of the river face was original to the 1777 fort.

Been to a few others on the list. Pulaski is very cool since the cannon damage on the side facing Tybee Island is easily visible and quite dramatic.

The Statue of Liberty sits on the remains of Civil War era Fort Wood which served as a prison and a tiny portion of Fort Hancock (Lincoln) still exists in Sandy Hook in the Gateway National Recreation Area in New Jersey.

 

[rebel brit]

I didn't realise I'd been to so many....11 & counting.
Ft Moultrie
Gaines
Pulaski
Sumter
Morgan
Pickens
Barrancas
Clinch
Donelson
McAllister
Pillow.

 

[major bill]

Only seven for me. The list is rather selective and omits many old forts which I have been to.

Some members are seeing places I did not see on the list so bump me up to eleven.

 

[ErnieMac]

I've been to Fort Niagara, Ticonderoga, Ontario, Frederick, Stanwix, and Ligonier.