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58 relations: American Civil War, American entry into World War I, Army of the Potomac, Board of Fortifications, Boroughs of New York City, Brooklyn Eagle, Coastal artillery, Confederate States Army, Continental Army, Crossfire, Disappearing gun, East River, Fishers Island, New York, Fort H. G. Wright, Fort Slocum, Fort Totten (Queens), Fortification, Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound, Harbor Defenses of New York, Hornwork, Irish Brigade (Union Army), Liberty Island, List of New York City Designated Landmarks in the Bronx, Long Island Sound, MacDougall Hospital, Merchant navy, National Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places listings in the Bronx, New York City, New York Harbor, Philip Schuyler, Polygonal fort, Port of New York and New Jersey, Prisoner of war, Robert Moses, Seacoast defense in the United States, State University of New York, State University of New York Maritime College, Stephen Luce, Submarine mines in United States harbor defense, The Bronx, Thomas Francis Meagher, Throggs Neck, Union Army, United States Army Coast Artillery Corps, VI Corps (Union Army), War of 1812, Washington, D.C., Works Progress Administration, 10-inch gun M1895, ..., 12-inch gun M1895, 20th Independent Battery, New York Volunteer Artillery, 3-inch gun M1903, 3-inch Gun M1918, 5-inch gun M1897, 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, 62nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 69th Infantry Regiment (New York). Expand index (8 more) »
American Civil War
The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
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American entry into World War I
The American entry into World War I came in April 1917, after more than two and a half years of efforts by President Woodrow Wilson to keep the United States out of the war.
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Army of the Potomac
The Army of the Potomac was the principal Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
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Board of Fortifications
Several boards have been appointed by US presidents or Congress to evaluate the US defensive fortifications, primarily coastal defenses near strategically important harbors on the US shores, its territories, and its protectorates.
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Boroughs of New York City
New York City encompasses five county-level administrative divisions called boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.
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Brooklyn Eagle
The Brooklyn Eagle, originally The Brooklyn Eagle, and Kings County Democrat, was a daily newspaper published in the city and later borough of Brooklyn, in New York City, for 114 years from 1841 to 1955.
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Coastal artillery
Coastal artillery is the branch of the armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications.
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Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army (C.S.A.) was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
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Continental Army
The Continental Army was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America.
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Crossfire
A crossfire (also known as interlocking fire) is a military term for the siting of weapons (often automatic weapons such as assault rifles or sub-machine guns) so that their arcs of fire overlap.
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Disappearing gun
A disappearing gun, a gun mounted on a disappearing carriage, is an obsolete type of artillery which enabled a gun to hide from direct fire and observation.
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East River
The East River is a salt water tidal estuary in New York City.
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Fishers Island, New York
Fishers Island is an Island located at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, off the southeastern coast of Connecticut across Fishers Island Sound.
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Fort H. G. Wright
Fort H. G. Wright was a United States military installation on Fishers Island in the town of Southold, New York, just two miles off the coast of southeastern Connecticut, but technically in New York.
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Fort Slocum
Fort Slocum, New York was a US military post which occupied Davids' Island in the western end of Long Island Sound in the city of New Rochelle, New York from 1867 to 1965.
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Fort Totten (Queens)
Fort Totten is a former active United States Army installation in the New York City borough of Queens.
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Fortification
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare; and is also used to solidify rule in a region during peacetime.
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Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound
The Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command.
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Harbor Defenses of New York
The Harbor Defenses of New York was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command.
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Hornwork
A hornwork is an element of the Italian Bastion system of fortification.
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Irish Brigade (Union Army)
The Irish Brigade was an infantry brigade, consisting predominantly of Irish Americans, that served in the Union Army in the American Civil War.
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Liberty Island
Liberty Island is a federally owned island in Upper New York Bay in the United States, best known as the location of the Statue of Liberty.
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List of New York City Designated Landmarks in the Bronx
This is a list of landmarks designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission and located in the borough of the Bronx in New York City.
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Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound is a tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean, lying between the eastern shores of Bronx County, New York City, southern Westchester County, and Connecticut to the north, and the North Shore of Long Island, to the south.
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MacDougall Hospital
MacDougall Hospital was a U.S. Army military hospital located at Fort Schuyler in New York City before and during the American Civil War.
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Merchant navy
A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country.
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National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in the Bronx
List of Registered Historic Places in Bronx County, New York (Borough of The Bronx): This is intended to be a complete list of the 73 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bronx County, New York.
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New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
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New York Harbor
New York Harbor, part of the Port of New York and New Jersey, is at the mouth of the Hudson River where it empties into New York Bay and into the Atlantic Ocean at the East Coast of the United States.
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Philip Schuyler
Philip John Schuyler (November 18, 1804) was a general in the American Revolution and a United States Senator from New York.
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Polygonal fort
A polygonal fort is a fortification in the style that appeared in the end of the eighteenth century and evolved around the middle of the nineteenth century, in response to the development of powerful explosive shells.
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Port of New York and New Jersey
The Port of New York and New Jersey is the port district of the New York-Newark metropolitan area, encompassing the region within approximately a radius of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.
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Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
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Robert Moses
Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American public official who worked mainly in the New York metropolitan area.
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Seacoast defense in the United States
Seacoast defense was a major concern for the United States from its independence until World War II.
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State University of New York
The State University of New York (SUNY) is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States.
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State University of New York Maritime College
SUNY Maritime College is a maritime college located in the Bronx, New York, United States in historic Fort Schuyler on the Throggs Neck peninsula where the East River meets Long Island Sound.
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Stephen Luce
Stephen Bleecker Luce (25 March 1827 – 28 July 1917) was a U.S. Navy admiral.
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Submarine mines in United States harbor defense
The modern era of defending American harbors with controlled mines or submarine mines (also called "naval mines" and originally referred to as "torpedoes") began in the post-Civil War period, and was a major part of US harbor defenses from circa 1900 to 1947.
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The Bronx
The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York.
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Thomas Francis Meagher
Thomas Francis Meagher (3 August 1823 1 July 1867) was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848.
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Throggs Neck
Throggs Neck (also known as Throgs Neck) is a narrow spit of land in the southeastern portion of the borough of the Bronx in New York City.
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Union Army
During the American Civil War, the Union Army referred to the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states.
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United States Army Coast Artillery Corps
The U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps (CAC) was an administrative corps responsible for coastal, harbor, and anti-aircraft defense of the United States between 1901 and 1950.
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VI Corps (Union Army)
The VI Corps (Sixth Army Corps) was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.
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Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.
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10-inch gun M1895
The 10-inch Gun M1895 (254 mm) and its variants the M1888 and M1900 were large coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between 1895 and 1945.
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12-inch gun M1895
The 12-inch coastal defense gun M1895 (305 mm) and its variants the M1888 and M1900 were large coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between 1895 and 1945.
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20th Independent Battery, New York Volunteer Artillery
The 20th Independent Battery, New York Volunteer Artillery was an American Civil War regiment based in New York.
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3-inch gun M1903
The 3-inch gun M1903 and its predecessors the M1898 and M1902 were rapid fire breech-loading artillery guns with a 360-degree traverse.
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3-inch Gun M1918
The 3-inch M1918 gun was a United States 3-inch anti-aircraft gun that entered service in 1918 and served until it was finally superseded by the 3" M3 gun in 1930.
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5-inch gun M1897
The 5-inch gun M1897 (127 mm) and its variant the M1900 were coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between 1897 and 1920.
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5th New York Volunteer Infantry
The 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, also known as "Duryée's Zouaves", was a volunteer infantry regiment of the Union Army, during the American Civil War, led by Colonel Abram Duryée.
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62nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The Anderson Zouaves was a New York volunteer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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69th Infantry Regiment (New York)
The 69th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Schuyler
