Fort Philip

Fort Philip was a fort built in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War and rebuilt in 1808, which also served in the War of 1812 to around 1815. It was in Newburyport, Massachusetts on the northern end of Plum Island, known as Lighthouse Point, guarding the mouth of the Merrimack River. The 1808 rebuilding was part of the second system of US fortifications. The secretary of war's report on fortifications in December 1808 states that "...a battery of wood, filled in with sand and surmounted with sod, has been erected. It... was constructed of wood on account of the shifting sands." A subsequent report in December 1811 describes the fort as "...an enclosed battery, built of earth and timber, mounting five heavy guns... ." The site eventually washed away in the 1830s. A militia artillery battery was stationed in the area in the Spanish–American War.

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  Raid on Haverhill ⓘ
  part of Queen Anne's War

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  Battle of Gloucester ⓘ
  1775 skirmish fought early in the American Revolutionary War at Gloucester, Massachusetts

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  Action of 2 September 1781 ⓘ
  1781 naval battle

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  Capture of USS Chesapeake ⓘ
  1813 naval battle between an American ship and a British ship

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  Beverly Fort ⓘ
  fort in Beverly, Massachusetts, U.S

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  Eastern Point Fort ⓘ
  1860s fort in Gloucester, Massachusetts

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  Fort at Salisbury Point ⓘ
  former American Civil War fort

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  Fort Defiance ⓘ
  19th-century fort in Gloucester, Massachusetts

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  Fort Foster ⓘ
  fort in Maine, USA  

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  Fort Nichols ⓘ
  fort in Massachusetts

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  Fort Philip ⓘ
  

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  Fort Stark ⓘ
  park in the United States of America  

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  Fort William and Mary ⓘ
  fort

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  Old Stone Fort ⓘ
  old fort in Massachusetts

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  Stage Fort ⓘ
  fort in Massachusetts, US, 1635 to 1898

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  USS New Hampshire ⓘ
  New Hampshire named ship

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1708 Raid on Haverhill

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1775 Battle of Gloucester

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1781 Action of 2 September 1781

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1813 Capture of USS Chesapeake

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1864 USS New Hampshire

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1708	Raid on Haverhill	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1775	Battle of Gloucester	Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1781	Action of 2 September 1781	France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1813	Capture of USS Chesapeake	United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle	Wikidata
link	page		FortWiki page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Grouse	ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Sailfish	Sargo-class submarine, shipwrecking, submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1843	USS Portsmouth	ship	Wikidata
site	fort		Beverly Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Eastern Point Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort at Salisbury Point	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Defiance	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Foster	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Nichols	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Philip	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Stark	park, fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort William and Mary	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Old Stone Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Stage Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1864	USS New Hampshire	shipwreck, ship of the line	Wikidata