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Fort Edgecomb
by Outspoken on Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:51 pm
Fort Edgecomb
Fearing English hostilities as a result of the embargo, in 1808 Congress authorized Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War, to build fortifications to protect the Maine coast and its vital shipping interests. Fort Edgecomb was one of the four forts built on what was at the time the coast of Lincoln County.
Fort Edgecomb was built to protect Wiscasset, once the most important shipping center north of Boston. This octagonal 1808 blockhouse and restored fortifications overlook the Sheepscot River. The blockhouse is of hewn log construction. Sitting on the site's highest point, the blockhouse's watch tower, musket ports and rectangular openings on eight sides provided ample means to view and protect every water and land approach.
Fort Edgecomb was a place of long-remembered activity during the War of 1812. When war was declared on June 18, 1812, the colors were hoisted at Fort Edgecomb and guns were fired. No major action actually began until 1814, after the English broke Napoleon's power and diverted their war forces to this side of the Atlantic.
http://moore.portlandschools.org/pages/studentrecogn/pastprojects/Maine%20Forts/Fort%20Edgecomb.htm
Fearing English hostilities as a result of the embargo, in 1808 Congress authorized Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War, to build fortifications to protect the Maine coast and its vital shipping interests. Fort Edgecomb was one of the four forts built on what was at the time the coast of Lincoln County.
Fort Edgecomb was built to protect Wiscasset, once the most important shipping center north of Boston. This octagonal 1808 blockhouse and restored fortifications overlook the Sheepscot River. The blockhouse is of hewn log construction. Sitting on the site's highest point, the blockhouse's watch tower, musket ports and rectangular openings on eight sides provided ample means to view and protect every water and land approach.
Fort Edgecomb was a place of long-remembered activity during the War of 1812. When war was declared on June 18, 1812, the colors were hoisted at Fort Edgecomb and guns were fired. No major action actually began until 1814, after the English broke Napoleon's power and diverted their war forces to this side of the Atlantic.
http://moore.portlandschools.org/pages/studentrecogn/pastprojects/Maine%20Forts/Fort%20Edgecomb.htm
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