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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16IK_parade-ground_Hull-MA.html
From the beginning, Fort Warren's heart was the six-acre parade ground. When the Civil War broke out soon after the fort was completed, the area was still covered in construction debris. Newly enlisted Massachusetts regiments cleaned it up as they…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16IJ_political-prisoners_Hull-MA.html
Among the notable political prisoners confined in these rooms were James Murray Mason and John Slidell, two Confederate envoys to Great Britain. Their arrest on board the British steamer Trent provoked an international incident and nearly brought …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16II_the-mess_Hull-MA.html
"An army marches on its stomach," Napoleon famously said—-a statement that held true at Fort Warren. Soon after its construction, two unfinished casemates (bunkers) in Bastion C were equipped with tables and benches and pressed into service …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16IH_defense-system_Hull-MA.html
From this vantage point it is possible to see the principal elements of Ft. Warren's defense system. These are based on the 17th century, military theories developed by Louis XIV's chief engineer, Sebastien de Vauban, and were modified to meet 19t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16IE_bastion-c_Hull-MA.html
Bastion C is the only bastion retaining its original form and protective outworks. It is one of five arrowhead-shaped corners which were built as the fort's strongest strategic locations. The bastion form was developed in Italy at the end of the 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16IC_bakery_Hull-MA.html
The rank and financial status of Ft. Warren residents determined the quality of meal they ate. Rations for Union soldiers consisted of fresh beef with potatoes three times a week, salt beef, pork or ham three times a week, and baked beans on Sunda…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149M_escape_Hull-MA.html
Despite the prison's island location, a few Civil War prisoners tried to escape-in the end, always unsuccessfully. Among them was Pvt. Charles Sawyer, a Union deserter who widened this narrow musketry "loophole" (opening to the right), supposedly …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149L_enlisted-men_Hull-MA.html
Both Union Soldiers training at Ft. Warren and Confederate prisoners of war were quartered along this side of the fort, often in adjoining rooms. his area also contained a schoolroom, 1900-volume library, and a chapel which was used almost daily b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147O_powder-magazine_Hull-MA.html
There were nine magazines within the fort's bastions and fronts during the Civil War, all of the located at the parade ground level. They were lined with wood to prevent a soldier's gun or belt buckle from striking against the granite walls and ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147N_fort-warren_Hull-MA.html
Has been designated a registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the historic sites act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States
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