From the December 29, 2016 Tribeca Citizen "In the News: When Castle Clinton Was an Island."
Castle Clinton was originally in New York Harbor, built on an artificial island and connected to the Battery by a small bridge. It was built 1808-1811 in anticipation of a war with Britain. Originally known as West Battery and intended to compliment the East Battery (Castle Williams) on Governors Island.
Neither fortress had any action against the British in the War of 1812, but there are those who believed the two served to deter the British from attacking New York City.
After the war, the West Battery water between the island and the mainland was absorbed by landfill and incorporated into the mainland of Manhattan Island and Battery Park.
It was renamed Castle Clinton in honor of New York's Governor DeWitt Clinton.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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