Fort Massachusetts (Mississippi)

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19th-century fort coastal fortification masonry fort

Fort Massachusetts (Mississippi) is a 19th-century masonry coastal fortification located on Ship Island in the Gulf of Mexico, built to protect the strategic harbor approaches to the Mississippi Sound.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Massachusetts (Massachusetts)	1
Fort Massachusetts (Mississippi) canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century fort ⓘ coastal fortification ⓘ masonry fort ⓘ
access	accessible only by boat ⓘ
builtFor	United States Army ⓘ defense of Mississippi Sound ⓘ protection of Gulf Coast harbor approaches ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
controlledBy	Union Army ⓘ surface form: Union Army during the American Civil War
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	interpretive historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
era	American Civil War era ⓘ Antebellum period ⓘ
garrisonedBy	Union forces ⓘ U.S. Army units ⓘ surface form: United States Army troops
hasConstructionEndDate	1860s ⓘ circa 1866 ⓘ
hasConstructionStartDate	1850s ⓘ circa 1859 ⓘ
hasFeature	arched casemated rooms ⓘ brick casemates ⓘ outer earthen works ⓘ parade ground ⓘ powder magazines ⓘ seacoast gun emplacements ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	named after the U.S. state of Massachusetts ⓘ
hasShape	curved bastioned seacoast fort ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic site ⓘ
locatedIn	Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Harrison County, Mississippi ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ Mississippi Sound ⓘ Ship Island ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea	Gulf Islands National Seashore (Florida District) ⓘ surface form: Gulf Islands National Seashore
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ masonry ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody	Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Mississippi Sound ⓘ
nearestCity	Biloxi ⓘ surface form: Biloxi, Mississippi Gulfport, Mississippi ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
operator	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Park Service
partOf	Ship Island Unit of Gulf Islands National Seashore ⓘ Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ surface form: Third System of U.S. coastal defenses
strategicPurpose	to guard Ship Island anchorage ⓘ to protect the approaches to New Orleans and Mobile via Mississippi Sound ⓘ
usedDuringConflict	American Civil War ⓘ

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Third System of US seacoast defense → hasPart → Fort Massachusetts (Mississippi) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Massachusetts (Massachusetts)