Vermont Military Forts
Alphabetical
list of forts, reservations, blockhouses, named camps, National
and State Homes for soldiers, national cemeteries, etc., in the
United States from its earliest settlement to date.
Many of the forts and structures
named were erected by the early settlers for their own
protection, and all vestige of them has now disappeared. The
exact locations of many are not positively known at the present
day, but reference is made to them in State histories, State
papers, etc. Those in bold-faced type are now occupied by troops
or are under the control of the War Department.(does not apply)
The data available for consultation are known to be incomplete,
and may be erroneous in some instances.
Alburgh
Springs, fort at, Vermont, in Grand Isle County.
Anderson, Battery, Vermont, at
Bermuda Hundred.
Baker's
Blockhouse, Vermont, Same as Fort Frederick.
Battery Park, Vermont See Burlington.
Baxter General Hospital, Vermont at Burlington.
Burlington, fort at, Vermont, 1812 now known as Battery Park.
New York City.
Cassin, Fort,
Vermont at mouth of Otter Creek.
Castleton, fort at, Vermont Fort Warren.
Champlain Arsenal, Vermont at Vergennes.
Colchester, fort at, Vermont Fort Frederick.
Corinth, fort at, Vermont.
Dummer, Fort,
Vermont on Connecticut River, at Brattleboro.
Ethan Allen,
Fort, Vermont 5 miles from Burlington.
Frederick, or
Fraderick, Fort, Vermont at the lower falls of the Onion River.
Independence,
Fort, Vermont opposite Ticonderoga.
Mott, Fort,
Vermont at Pittsford; also called Fort Vengeance.
New Haven,
fort at, Vermont.
North Hero, blockhouse at, Vermont at Dutchmans Point.
Olympia,
Camp, Vermont at Burlington.
Onion River, fort on, Vermont Fort Frederick.
Otter Creek, fort at, Vermont Fort Cassin.
Pecontook or
Otter Creek, fort at, Vermont Fort Cassin.
Pittsford, fort at, Vermont Fort Mott.
Putney, Fort, Vermont on the Connecticut River, in Windham
County.
Ranger, Fort,
Vermont.
Rutland, fortifications at, Vermont.
Sloan General
Hospital, Vermont at Montpelier.
Smith General Hospital, Vermont at Brattleboro.
Vengeance,
Fort, Vermont See Fort Mott.
Vergennes, arsenal at, Vermont Champlain Arsenal.
Vermont State Soldiers' Home, Bennington, Vermont.
Warren, Fort,
Vermont at Castleton.
Military
Forts
Source: Historical Register and
Dictionary of the United States Army, Volume 2, by Francis B.
Heitman, Government Printing Office, 1903.
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