Fort Warren

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Fort Warren is a historic 19th-century coastal fortification on Georges Island in Boston Harbor that served as a key defensive stronghold and later as a Civil War prison.

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Fort Warren canonical 7
Fort Warren, Boston Harbor 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century fort
coastal fortification
historic site
armamentType seacoast artillery
builtBy United States Army
constructionBegan 1833
constructionCompleted circa 1861
currentUse public historic site
tourist attraction
decommissionedAsFort mid-20th century
designedAsPartOf Third System of US seacoast defense
surface form: Third System of US coastal defenses
eraOfSignificance 19th century
American Civil War era
garrisonedBy Union Army
hasFeature bastions
casemates
dry moat
parade ground
sally port
hasFunction Civil War military prison
coastal defense fort
hasLegend Lady in Black ghost story
listedIn National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
surface form: Boston Harbor Islands

Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
locatedInBodyOfWater Boston Harbor
locatedInCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedOn Georges Island
managedBy Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
materialUsed granite
namedAfter Joseph Warren
surface form: Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren
notablePrisonerHeld Alexander H. Stephens
James M. Mason
John Slidell
openToPublic seasonally
partOf Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
servedAs Union Army training camp
garrison post
prison for Confederate naval officers
prison for Confederate political prisoners
prison for Confederate soldiers
shape pentagonal fort
significance key element of Boston Harbor defenses
usedDuringConflict American Civil War
World War I
World War II

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Georges Island hasNotableFeature Fort Warren
Georges Island knownFor Fort Warren
Georges Island hasFort Fort Warren
Richard S. Ewell heldAsPrisonerAt Fort Warren
this entity surface form: Fort Warren, Boston Harbor