Download or read book Fort Monroe written by Paul S. Morando and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Fort Monroe written by John V. Quarstein and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort Monroe: The Key to the South is a powerful pictorial portraying the exciting history of the only fort in the Upper South to remain under Union control throughout the Civil War. Strategically located on Old Point Comfort guarding the entrance to Hampton Roads and dominating the lower Chesapeake Bay, Fort Monroe quickly became a Federal bastion within the Confederacy and influenced many of the Civil War's greatest events. Known as "Freedom's Fortress" following Ben Butler's May 1861 decision to consider slaves escaping into Union lines as "contraband of war," Fort Monroe quickly became a symbol of freedom and helped to define the wartime objective to end slavery. Soldiers on Fort Monroe's ramparts witnessed first-hand several new technologies, including the first balloon launching to observe enemy operations and the first battle between ironclad warships. Fort Monroe also played a critical role in the eventual Union victory, serving as a base for amphibious operations against Southern ports as well as staging campaigns against the nearby Confederate capital in Richmond. The drama played along the parapets of Fort Monroe during the Civil War has been brought to life by this comprehensive visual history. Fort Monroe: The Key to the South features over 175 images documenting this massive fort and its role in pivotal events like the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, Monitor-Virginia (Merrimack) engagement, and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference. Whether views of famous men like Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, and Jefferson Davis or scenes of the many soldiers and civilians serving on Old Point Comfort, this pictorial vividly chronicles Fort Monroe's tremendous Civil War heritage.
Download or read book Defender of the Chesapeake written by Richard P. Weinert and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort Monroe, Virginia, has been a major post of the United States Army for over 166 years. The largest permanent seacoast fortification constructed before the Civil War, Fort Monroe witnessed the birth of Army professional service schools with the establishment of the Artillery School of Practice in 1824. During the Civil War, the Fort was a base of operations not only for expeditions against the Confederate coastal areas, but also for McClellan's Peninsular Campaign of 1862 against Richmond.
Download or read book Seeking Freedom written by Selene Castrovilla and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dramatic Civil War story, a courageous enslaved fugitive teams with a cunning Union general to save a Union fort from the Confederates–and triggers the end of slavery in the United States. This is the first children's nonfiction book about a Black unsung hero who remains relevant today and to the Black Lives Matter movement. On the night Virginia secedes from the Union, three enslaved men approach Fortress Monroe. Knowing that Virginia's secession meant they would be separated from their families and sent farther south to work for the Confederacy, the men decided to plead for sanctuary. And they were in luck. The fort's commander, Benjamin Butler, retained them--and many more that followed--by calling them "contraband of war." Butler depended on the contrabands to provide information about the Confederates. He found the perfect partner in George Scott, one of the contrabands, whose heroism saved the fort from enemy hands. And, it was the plight of the contrabands that convinced President Lincoln that slavery MUST be abolished and inspired him to write his Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the rebellious states.
Download or read book Freedom s Fortress written by Fort Monroe (Va.) and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With the closing of Fort Monroe due to the Base Realignment and Commission decision of 2005 impending over the heads of beautiful Fort Monroe, General Dempsey wanted to create a 'coffee table book' of Fort Monroe. There were plenty of history books which depicted what transpired on this beautiful installation, but none of the pictures and quotes from those who have lived and worked there for some or most of their careers. Fort Monroe became a part of the National Park System on November 1, 2011, after more than 150 years as an active army post. Martin E. Dempsey, commander, U.S. Training and Doctrine Command from December 2008 through April 2011, departed Fort Monroe to become the 37th chief of staff of the army (April 11, 2011) for 149 days and was then assigned to the 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (October 1, 2011)"--letter accompanying book.
Download or read book Fort Monroe BRAC 2005 Disposal and Reuse written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 1304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Fort Monroe written by Robert Arthur and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fort Monroe Ongoing Mission written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Artillerymen of Historic Fort Monroe Virginia written by Phyllis I. McClellan and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spine title: The artillerymen of Fort Monroe, Va.
Download or read book Fort Monroe in the Civil War written by Casemate Museum (Fort Monroe, Va.) and published by . This book was released on 1962* with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defender of the Chesapeake written by Richard P. Weinert and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort Monroe, Virginia, has been a major post of the United States Army for over 166 years. The largest permanent seacoast fortification constructed before the Civil War, Fort Monroe witnessed the birth of Army professional service schools with the establishment of the Artillery School of Practice in 1824. During the Civil War, the Fort was a base of operations not only for expeditions against the Confederate coastal areas, but also for McClellan's Peninsular Campaign of 1862 against Richmond.
Download or read book Final Historical Records Review written by Fort Monroe (Va.) and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compilation of documents, photographs, and maps produced by the U.S. Army at Fort Monroe, Va., as part of their daily operations.
Download or read book Standing Orders of the Post of Fort Monroe Virginia written by Fort Monroe (Va.) and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Old Point Comfort and Fortress Monroe Va from 1608 to January 1st 1881 written by J. Arnold Dalby and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-02-25 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
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Download or read book Lincoln Takes Command written by Steve Norder and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed history of one week during the Civil War in which the American president assumed control of the nation’s military. One rainy evening in May, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln boarded the revenue cutter Miami and sailed to Fort Monroe in Hampton Roads, Virginia. There, for the first and only time in our country’s history, a sitting president assumed direct control of armed forces to launch a military campaign. In Lincoln Takes Command, author Steve Norderdetails this exciting, little-known week in Civil War history. Lincoln recognized the strategic possibilities offered by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan’s ongoing Peninsula Campaign and the importance of seizing Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the Gosport Navy Yard. For five days, the president spent time on sea and land, studied maps, spoke with military leaders, suggested actions, and issued direct orders to subordinate commanders. He helped set in motion many events, including the naval bombardment of a Confederate fort, the sailing of Union ships up the James River toward the enemy capital, an amphibious landing of Union soldiers followed by an overland march that expedited the capture of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the navy yard, and the destruction of the Rebel ironclad CSS Virginia. The president returned to Washington in triumph, with some urging him to assume direct command of the nation’s field armies. The week discussed in Lincoln Takes Command has never been as heavily researched or told in such fine detail. The successes that crowned Lincoln’s short time in Hampton Roads offered him a better understanding of, and more confidence in, his ability to see what needed to be accomplished. This insight helped sustain him through the rest of the war.
Download or read book A History of Old Point Comfort and Fortress Monroe Va written by J. Arnold Dalby and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
