Fort Monroe

fort, Hampton, Virginia, United States

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    Fort Monroe (completed c. 1834), a moated stone-walled structure, served during the American Civil War as a Union base of operations for General George B. McClellan’s Peninsular Campaign (1862) and for expeditions against Confederate ports. Following the war, Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederate…

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