Fort Hamilton was established in 1825 in Kings County, Brooklyn. It is one of the three oldest Army posts in the country. Initially, the site was used as a battery, and was known as “Narrows Fort”. On July 4, 1776, the fort was used by the armies of Am…
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Hancock Field was a military base located in Syracuse, New York, built in 1942. It was home to the 24th Air Division and closed its doors in 1983. Part of the north post was retained for housing and the NYANG 152nd Air Control Group, while part of the s…
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Camp Hardin was a military training camp located in Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, New York. It was constructed in 1860 for the purpose of training Union Army recruits from the Troy area for combat in the Civil War. The camp was named for a Regimental Co…
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In August of 1755 Fort Hardy was built by General Phinehas Lyman in Saratoga County, New York, specifically in Schuylerville. The defensive structure was erected at the northwest intersection of the Fish Kill and Hudson River and stood adjacent to a ferr…
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Battery Harris: 1921-1949, Kings Co., Fort Tilden. Two model M1919 MII 16 inch guns originally manufactured at the Watervliet Arsenal for Naval ships. Originally in open "Panama" mounts, they were casemented in the early 1940s. Range was 30 miles. The bat…
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Harrison Blockhouse was established in 1756, in Montgomery County, New York, in the town of St. Johnsville. It was constructed from wood by British forces on the north side of the Mohawk River, to the west of Caroga Creek. The fort was abandoned by 1760…
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In the 1860s, Hart Island was established in Bronx County, New York City. The island was originally used by Union Soldiers as a training camp during the Civil War. However, in 1865, the island was fenced in and converted into a Confederate prisoner of w…
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Haver Island saw the construction of a fort in 1777 in Albany County, on Peebles Island. It was used as a campground along with Van Schaick Island as early as 1709. Van Schaick and Haver Island were once again utilized as a camp and supply depot in 1777…
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Hazelhurst Field was built in 1915, in Hempstead, Nassau County, on Long Island. In 1917 when the United States declared war on Germany, the U.S. Army converted a two-year-old National Guard base, on the former site of Camp Black, into Hazelhurst Field. …
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Fort Hendrick was built in 1754, in Herkimer County, in the town of Danube. It was located at the Upper Castle of the Mohawks, sometimes referred to as Canajoharie. The Upper Castle was established around 1710 and an earlier fortification was constructe…
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