List of forts in Vermont
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List of forts
- Orlando Bridgman's Fort
- Josiah Sartwell's Fort
- Fort DummerFort DummerFort Dummer was a British fort built in 1724 by the colonial militia of the Province of Massachusetts Bay under the command of Lieutenant Timothy Dwight in what is now the Town of Brattleboro in southeastern Vermont. The fort was the first permanent European settlement in Vermont...
- Brattleboro BarracksBrattleboro BarracksThe Vermont State Police is the state police agency for the U.S. State of Vermont, and has jurisdiction throughout the state. The Vermont Public Safety Commission directs policy and selects the Commander. The Commander is Colonel Thomas L'Esperance. The Vermont Public Safety Commissioner is Keith W...
- Fort Putney (also called Fort HillFort HillFort Hill is a hill overlooking downtown Frankfort, Kentucky, where military fortifications were built during the American Civil War to protect the city and its pro-Union state government....
) - Fort Defiance
- Fort Rutland
- Fort RangerFort RangerFort Ranger is a historical fort located near Rutland, Vermont, USA which dates back to the colonial period. During the American Revolutionary war Whitcomb's Rangers were stationed there....
- Fort WarrenFort Warren (Vermont)Fort Warren was a fort located in Castleton, Vermont, from 1777-1779. American troops during the American Revolution retreated to Castleton after the loss of Ticonderoga). Fort Warren was then built as part of a line of forts used to defend Vermont....
- Fort Vengeance
- Fort MottFort Mott (Vermont)Fort Mott, located in Pittsford, Vermont, was a picket fort used by American militiamen during the American Revolutionary War. The fort was constructed by the citizens of Pittsford as a sanctuary in case of approaching British troops or hostile Native Americans. The Battle of Hubbardton was the...
- Fort IndependenceFort Independence (Vermont)Fort Independence was a fort built in 1775 on Mount Independence next to Lake Champlain. It was placed directly across from Fort Ticonderoga to help fortify the approach to Albany. The intent was to provide a combined, two-shore defense to approaching British Forces...
located on Mount IndependenceMount IndependenceMount Independence is a high hill on the Vermont side of Lake Champlain, in the northeastern United States.It is a Vermont State Historic Site and was the site of Fort Independence, an American revolutionary war fortification built opposite Fort Ticonderoga... - Chimney Point
- Champlain ArsenalChamplain Arsenal-Origins:The Army established this federal arsenal in 1826 or 1828. It contained quarters for officers, barracks, a magazine, ordnance storehouses, and munitions storehouses.-Decommissioning:...
- Fort Cassin
- Fort New Haven
- Battery Redoubt
- Fort FrederickFort Frederick (Vermont)Fort Frederick was a formidable blockhouse that was built at the Winooski River in 1773 by Ira Allen, one of the first English occupants to settle in the locality...
- Fort Ethan AllenFort Ethan AllenFort Ethan Allen was a U.S. army installation in Vermont, named for American Revolutionary War figure Ethan Allen. First serving as a cavalry post in 1894, today it is the center of a designated national historic district straddling the town line between Colchester and Essex...
- Fort Sainte AnneFort Sainte Anne (Vermont)In 1666, the French built a fort to protect Canada from the Iroquois. The fort was dedicated to Saint Anne. Fort Sainte Anne was the most vulnerable to attacks by the Iroquois, because it was the last of five forts stretching along the Richelieu River going south...
- Fort Loyal
- Camp Baxter (also known as Baxter Barracks)
- Cooke's Hill Fort