In the War of 1812, the Sea-Fencibles were stationed at Fort Warren. Mortars were added to the fort's armament and furnaces built to heat the shot (not a goof thing for a wooden ship).
The last fort to be built on Governors Island was constructed some years before the Civil War, under the direction of General Sylvanus Thayer.
The name Fort Warren was transferred to the modern fort built on George's Island in Boston Harbor and the one on Governors Island became Fort Winthrop, named for a Puritan leader.
By 1861, the new fort had received no armament, but by 1863 mounted 25 large Rodman cannons and 11 other cannons of varying calibers.
Various companies of state militia and volunteers manned the fort during the Civil War.
--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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