Fort at Salisbury Point
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The Fort at Salisbury Point was a fort in use from 1863 to 1865 in Salisbury, Massachusetts, during the American Civil War. It was also called the Fort at Salisbury Beach. It was a nine-gun earthwork located at the mouth of the Merrimack River at what is now the Salisbury Beach State Reservation, where eventual erosion washed it away. A 1903 reference states it was on the site of the Revolutionary War Fort Nichols, but that site is in doubt, and may have been at the location called Salisbury Point in Amesbury, several miles up the river. The Fort at Salisbury Point was sometimes referred to by local civilians as Fort Nichols in the Civil War era. The fort was designed and built under the supervision of Major Charles E. Blunt of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. An armament report dated June 30, 1866 lists nine heavy guns and one 12-pounder field gun. The heavy guns were three 8-inch smoothbore Rodman guns, three 42-pounder rifled guns, and three 30-pounder rifled guns. From November 1864 to June 1865 it was garrisoned by the 20th Unattached Company of Massachusetts militia. The Museum at Salisbury Point commemorates the soldiers who fought in the war.
Location: 42.8191, -70.8201, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Raid on Haverhill ⓘ
part of Queen Anne's War -
Battle of Gloucester ⓘ
1775 skirmish fought early in the American Revolutionary War at Gloucester, Massachusetts -
Action of 2 September 1781 ⓘ
1781 naval battle -
Capture of USS Chesapeake ⓘ
1813 naval battle between an American ship and a British ship -
Eastern Point Fort ⓘ
1860s fort in Gloucester, Massachusetts -
Fort at Salisbury Point ⓘ
former American Civil War fort -
Fort Defiance ⓘ
19th-century fort in Gloucester, Massachusetts -
Fort Foster ⓘ
fort in Maine, USA
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Fort Nichols ⓘ
fort in Massachusetts -
Fort Philip ⓘ
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Fort Stark ⓘ
park in the United States of America -
Fort William and Mary ⓘ
fort -
Old Stone Fort ⓘ
old fort in Massachusetts -
Stage Fort ⓘ
fort in Massachusetts, US, 1635 to 1898 -
USS New Hampshire ⓘ
New Hampshire named ship
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| 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 Albacore | preserved watercraft, submarine | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Grouse | ship | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Sailfish | Sargo-class submarine, shipwrecking, submarine | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | 1843 | USS Portsmouth | ship | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1800 | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | shipyard, shipbuilding | 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 |