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The Ancient Watch-tower of Fort Marion, St. Augustine,
Florida Frontispiece
(By courtesy of the St. Augustine Historical Society)
Mighty Louisburg To-day, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia:
To Sea from the Ruined Walls 2
All That Remains Standing 2
Water-front of Present-day Detroit 16
Where Indian Canoes and the Palisades of the French Were.
Old Block-house, Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh, Pa. 18
(From a Painting in the Collection of the Pennsylvania Historical Society)
Fort Independence from the Water, Boston, Mass. 26
Floating Hospital in Foreground
Fort Independence, Castle Island, Boston, Mass.:
Fort Winthrop from Castle Island 30
Main Entrance, Fort Independence 30
Harbor Side, Fort Independence, Boston, Mass. 34
Entrance to Fort Columbus (Fort Jay), Governor’s Island, New York Harbor 36
Fort Sites in Present-day New York City:
Fort Washington Point. Fort Lee on Opposite Shore 38
Where Was Fort Amsterdam; the Customs House 38
Fort Lafayette, from Fort Hamilton, New York 45
Fort Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, New York 51
Interior Views of Fort Ticonderoga, N. Y.:
The Mess Hall 62
A Council Room 62
Crown Point, N. Y., in Dead of Winter:
Where the Flag Flew 66
The Ruined Barracks 66
The Heights of Quebec 72
(By courtesy of Detroit Publishing Company)
Guns, Parade and Ancient Officers’ Quarters, Fort Annapolis Royal, N. S. 84
(By courtesy of The Boston Times)
View from Citadel Hill, Halifax, N. S. 94
Old Martello Tower, near Halifax, N. S. 96
Fort Niagara, on Niagara River, N. Y. 114
The South View of Oswego on Lake Ontario 122
(From William Smith’s View of the Province of New York, London Edition, 1757)
Fort Michillimackinac and State Park, Mackinac Island, Michigan 137
Old Block-house and Mission Point, Fort Michillimackinac Reservation, Mackinac Island, Michigan 139
Fort Massac, on the Ohio (La Belle Riviere):
Memorial Monument, Erected by Illinois Daughters American Revolution 142
From the River 142
Entrance to Fort Putnam, West Point, N. Y., in Winter 148
Showing Tower of New Academy Chapel in Middle Distance
Sketch Snap-shots of West Point’s Historic Memorials:
Fort Putnam’s Rocky Interior 152
Kosciuszko Monument 152
The North Wall, “Old Put” 152
Fort Constitution (Castle William and Mary), Great Island, near Portsmouth, N. H. 162
A Distant View of Fort Constitution 165
Historic Points on the Thames River, Conn.:
Fort Griswold, Groton 168
Fort Trumbull, New London 168
Entrance to Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia 174
The Moat in Winter, Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia 178
Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md.:
A View from an Aeroplane 180
The Guard-house 180
Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md.:
Looking Toward the Lazaretto 182
One of the Old Batteries in Place 182
Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md.:
From This Point the Star Spangled Banner Flew 187
The Entrance 187
Col. George Armistead 188
In Command of Fort McHenry During the Siege
Moat and Entrance, Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla. 190
(By courtesy of the St. Augustine Historical Society)
Incline Leading to Ramparts, Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla. 196
(By courtesy of the St. Augustine Historical Society)
Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba 203
Fort San Carlos de Barrancas, near Pensacola, Florida 209
(By courtesy of the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce)
Fort Scott and the Golden Gate, Presidio Reservation, San Francisco, Cal. 216
(By courtesy of R. J. Waters & Co.)
Lime Rock Light-house, Newport Harbor, Looking Toward Fort Adams 222
Glimpses of Newport’s Historic Defences:
Parade, Old Fort Adams 225
Present-day Aspect of Fort Greene 225
Panorama of Newport Harbor, R. I., Showing Fort Adams at Left Middle Distance 230
Goat Island in Central Distance.
Fort Dumplings, Conanicut Island, a Revolutionary Relic Near Newport 231
From the Ramparts of Fort Monroe, Looking Toward Hampton Roads 232
Taken During the Jamestown Celebration by the United States War Department and Reproduced by Special Permission.
Garden View of One of Monroe’s Ante-bellum Residences 234
Fire!!! 236
Showing Shells Just Leaving Mortars, Fort Monroe, Va. This Remarkable Photograph Was Taken with Modern High Speed Apparatus by the Corps of Enlisted Specialists Stationed at This Post.
(By courtesy of the War Department)
Casemates of Fort Monroe, as They Were During the Civil War 239
Fort Sumter, a Pile of Stone on a Sandy Shoal 242
The Deserted Casemates of Fort Pulaski, near Savannah, Ga. 253
Scenes of Desolation at Fort Pulaski, near Savannah, Ga.:
Parade and Ramparts 256
The Battered Eastern Salient 256
Old Stone Tower at Fort Snelling, near St. Paul, Minn. 268
Ruins of the Alamo in 1845 280
From a Sketch Upon Map of the Country in the Vicinity of San Antonio de Bexar Made by J. Edmund Blake, 1st Lieutenant Topographical Engineers, U. S. A.
(By courtesy of the War Department)
Fort Keogh, near Miles City, Montana 289
Fort Yuma, California 296
(By courtesy of the War Department)
Scenes at Valley Forge, Pa.:
National Memorial Arch 300
Washington’s Headquarters 300
Two Views To-day of the “Crater,” Petersburg, Va.:
The Slaughter Hollow 302
The Entrance to the Tunnel 302

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