BALTIMORE HARBOR DEFENSES


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FORT McHENRY

FORT SMALLWOOD

FORT ARMISTEAD

FORT HOWARD

FORT CARROLL

each of the Fort pages serve as
individual home pages

Additional fire-control towers associated with these defenses were once located at Gibson Island, Bodkins Neck, Black Marsh, 65-foot Hill, and Stony Creek (Orchard Beach).


"With Song and Deed"
HD Baltimore

Coast Artillery Corps

Third District Command


Satellite Images of Baltimore Harbor
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See also North American Fortifications


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The Baltimore Sun Newspaper

U.S.S. Constellation

Chesapeake Chapter, US Lighthouse Society

Other Related Links


Council on America's Military Past (CAMP)

CDSG

Civil War Fortification Study Group

Company of Military Historians

Site O - International Fortifications & Artillery Study Group