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BALTIMORE HARBOR DEFENSES



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FORT McHENRY

FORT SMALLWOOD

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FORT CARROLL

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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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The Baltimore Sun Newspaper

U.S.S. Constellation

Chesapeake Chapter, US Lighthouse Society

Other Related Links


Center for Fort Preservation and Tourism

Council on America's Military Past (CAMP)

CDSG

Civil War Fortification Study Group

Company of Military Historians