Fort Monroe
Port, Hampton, Virginia.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Port
- Where
- Hampton, Virginia
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Park
FORT MONROE
Union fort held for the whole war. McClellan landed the Army of the Potomac here for the Peninsula campaign, the Army of the James was formed here in 1864, and Union control of Hampton Roads protected the James River route to City Point.
Then
Fort Monroe stayed in Union hands for the whole war. McClellan landed the Army of the Potomac there for the Peninsula campaign, the Army of the James was formed there in 1864, and Union control of Hampton Roads from Fort Monroe and Fort Wool protected the James River route to City Point.
Now
Park
Fort Monroe National Monument, managed by the Fort Monroe Authority, the National Park Service and the City of Hampton.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by CSX, about 3 miles away.
Nearby
- 11 miUnion troops occupy Norfolk as Confederates burn the navy yardMay 10, 1862, Norfolk, Virginia
- 13 miUnion Navy burns and abandons the Gosport Navy YardApril 1861, Portsmouth, Virginia
- 13 miGosport Navy Yard (Norfolk Navy Yard)Confederate · Naval works, Portsmouth, Virginia
- 52 miHampton's Beefsteak Raid takes the Union cattle herd at Coggin's PointSeptember 16, 1864, Coggin's Point, Virginia
- 53 miHarrison's LandingUnion · Supply base, Charles City County (Berkeley Plantation), Virginia
- 56 miWhite House LandingUnion · Supply base, White House (New Kent County), Virginia