Forts Of The United States

Author : J.E. Kaufmann
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780306812941
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fortress America written by J.E. Kaufmann and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2004-12-13 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A comprehensive account of North American fortifications and defense structures from colonial times to the twentieth century, supplemented by scores of remarkable photographs, technical drawings, maps, and diagrams." -- book jacket.

Author : Emanuel Raymond Lewis
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781557505026
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seacoast Fortifications of the United States written by Emanuel Raymond Lewis and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only work available on the history of U.S. coastal defenses, including their armament and architecture. It will appeal to fort visitors and naval history buffs as well as to those interested in artillery and military architecture.

Author : Robert B. Roberts
Publisher : New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Historic Forts written by Robert B. Roberts and published by New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan. This book was released on 1988 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : René Chartrand
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472814479
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forts of the American Revolution 1775-83 written by René Chartrand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though primarily fought in the field, the American Revolution saw fortifications play an important part in some of the key campaigns of the war. Field fortifications were developed around major towns including Boston, New York and Savannah, while the frontier forts at Stanwix, Niagara and Cumberland were to all be touched by the war. This book details all the types of fortification used throughout the conflict, the engineers on all sides who constructed and maintained them, and the actions fought around and over them.

Author : Robert Walter Frazer
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806112503
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forts of the West written by Robert Walter Frazer and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number and variety of forts and posts, together with changes of location, name, and designation, have posed perplexing problems for students of western history. Now Robert W. Frazer has prepared a systematic listing of all presidios and military forts, which were ever, at any time and in any sense, so designated. The lists of posts are arranged alphabetically within the boundaries of present states. Pertinent information is included for each fort: date of establishment, location, and reason for establishment; name, rank, and military unit of the person establishing the post; origin of the post name and changes in name and location; present status or date of abandonment; and disposition of any existing military reservation. A map for each state shows the location of the posts discussed. A prime reference for historians, Forts of the West will prove useful to readers of western history as well.

Author : John Martin Hammond
Publisher : Philadelphia ; London : J.B. Lippincott Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quaint and Historic Forts of North America written by John Martin Hammond and published by Philadelphia ; London : J.B. Lippincott Company. This book was released on 1915 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work is chiefly devoted to accounts of forts within the present limits of the United States.

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Publisher : National Park Service
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forts of Old San Juan written by and published by National Park Service. This book was released on 1998 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the evolution of the defenses of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the role they played in helping to safeguard Spanish possessions in the Caribbean from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Author : Bill O'Neal
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467128597
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frontier Forts of Texas written by Bill O'Neal and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its vast size and long frontier period, Texas was the scene of more combat events between Native American warriors and Anglo soldiers and settlers than any other state or territory. The US Army, therefore, erected more military outposts in Texas, a tradition begun by Spanish soldados and their presidios. Settlers built blockhouses and even stockades, the most famous of which was Parker's Fort, the site of an infamous massacre in 1836. Successive north to south lines of Army forts attempted to screen westward-moving settlers from war parties, while border posts stretched along the Rio Grande from Fort Brown on the Gulf of Mexico to Fort Bliss at El Paso del Norte. Texas was the site of the first US Cavalry regiment employed against horseback warriors, as well as the experimental US Camel Corps. From Robert E. Lee to Albert Sidney Johnston to Ranald Mackenzie, the Army's finest officers served out of Texas forts, and 61 Medals of Honor were earned by soldiers campaigning in the Lone Star State.

Author : J. E. Kaufmann
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780306816345
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fortress America written by J. E. Kaufmann and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2007-09-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest colonial settlements to Cold War bunkers, the North American continent has been home to thousands of forts and fortress structures. Fortress America surveys the broad sweep of fortifications throughout North America-from seacoast forts of the late eighteenth century to wooden inland forts built to defend against Native American, English, French, or Spanish attack; from Civil War-era coastal and inland waterways forts to the Great Plains' forts of the Old West; from World War II subterranean bunkers to Cold War concrete missile silos. The text of Fortress America is complemented with never-before-published photographs, and extraordinary drawings, cut-aways, and diagrams illustrating the design and structure of American forts.

Author : Bud Hannings
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9781476683706
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forts of the United States written by Bud Hannings and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From forts to blockhouses, garrison houses to trading posts, stations to presidios, missions to ranches and towns, this work provides a history of the primary fortifications established during 400 tumultuous years in what would become the United States of America. Under each state's heading, this substantial volume contains alphabetized entries with information regarding each structure's history. The earliest forts established by the Danes, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Swedes and Mexicans and by the temporary appearance of the Russians are listed. The colonial American forts, many of which were previously established by the European powers, are covered in detail. Beginning with the American Revolution, each of the American military fortifications, militia forts, settlers' forts and blockhouses is listed and described. Helpful appendices list Civil War defenses (and military hospitals) of Washington, D.C.; Florida Seminole Indian war forts; Pony Express depots; Spanish missions and presidios; and twentieth-century U.S. forts, posts, bases, and stations. A chronology of conflicts that paralleled the growth of the United States is also provided, offering insight into the historical context of fort construction.