From WikiFort.
On or near present-day Riverside Park, Baltimore, Maryland.
Designed by Captain Samuel Babcock, Army Corps of Engineers as a circular redoubt on top of Look-Out Hill overlooking Fort McHenry. It guarded the road from Baltimore to Fort McHenry.
It was 180 feet in diameter, an earthen fortification surrounded by a ditch and an earth-covered magazine in the center. Its earthen ramparts mounted seven 24-pdr. naval guns in barbette.
It also provided a strategic point in which the garrison of Fort McHenry could fall back upon if forced to evacuate.
During the Battle of Baltimore in 1814, it was commanded by Lt. George Budd, US navy. It was abandoned in 1810. No remains of it exist.
--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.
Showing posts with label Babcock Samuel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Babcock Samuel. Show all posts
Monday, March 14, 2016
Friday, March 11, 2016
Samuel Babcock-- Part 2: Battle of Baltimore
During the War of 1812 he was Chief of Engineers under Major General Samuel Smith in the Defense of Baltimore in 1814 and Superintending Engineer of defenses on the Delaware River and construction of Fort Delaware, Delaware Bay 1816-1824 and improvements on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers 1824-1826,
Promoted to Captain Corps of Engineers September 20, 1812 and major March 31, 1819.
He worked on New Castle Harbor improvements in Delaware from 1826-1828 and in the construction of Fort Pulaski, Georgia, 1828-1830.
Samuel Babcock turned in his resignation Dec. 22, 1830 and died June 26, 1831, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
--Brock-Perry
Promoted to Captain Corps of Engineers September 20, 1812 and major March 31, 1819.
He worked on New Castle Harbor improvements in Delaware from 1826-1828 and in the construction of Fort Pulaski, Georgia, 1828-1830.
Samuel Babcock turned in his resignation Dec. 22, 1830 and died June 26, 1831, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
--Brock-Perry
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Samuel Babcock, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-- Part 1
From Cullum's Register.
Samuel Babcock was the 36th graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point and attended from April 28, 1806 to February 23, 1808. He was promoted then to second lieutenant and served as Assistant Engineer in the fortifications in New York Harbor from 1808-1814.
He was made Assistant Engineer of Military Department No. 5, consisting of Virginia and Maryland.
Promotion to first lieutenant Corps of Engineers came July 1, 1812.
--Brock-Perry
Samuel Babcock was the 36th graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point and attended from April 28, 1806 to February 23, 1808. He was promoted then to second lieutenant and served as Assistant Engineer in the fortifications in New York Harbor from 1808-1814.
He was made Assistant Engineer of Military Department No. 5, consisting of Virginia and Maryland.
Promotion to first lieutenant Corps of Engineers came July 1, 1812.
--Brock-Perry
Fort Covington, Baltimore
From WikiFort.
Constructed 1813-1816. Established 1813. Named after Leonard W. Covington. Abandoned 1834. Also known as Fort Patapsco or Fort Wadsworth (named after Col. Decius Wadsworth, Chief of U.S. Ordnance Department).
Fort Covington was a pie-slice-shaped, semi-circular fortress constructed 1.5 miles due west of Fort McHenry defending Baltimore, Maryland. It was designed by Captain Samuel Babcock, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
It had a surrounding ten-foot high brick wall and 16 foot deep ditch in front of a parapet designed to mount ten to twelve 18-pdr. guns. There was a barracks and magazine inside it.
At the 1814 Battle of Baltimore it had seven 18-pdrs. mounted en-barbette and was manned by a naval company. On the evening 13 September 1814, Fort Covington and nearby Fort Babcock and Fort Look-Out repulsed the British fleet.
Nothing remains of the fort.
--Brock-Perry
Constructed 1813-1816. Established 1813. Named after Leonard W. Covington. Abandoned 1834. Also known as Fort Patapsco or Fort Wadsworth (named after Col. Decius Wadsworth, Chief of U.S. Ordnance Department).
Fort Covington was a pie-slice-shaped, semi-circular fortress constructed 1.5 miles due west of Fort McHenry defending Baltimore, Maryland. It was designed by Captain Samuel Babcock, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
It had a surrounding ten-foot high brick wall and 16 foot deep ditch in front of a parapet designed to mount ten to twelve 18-pdr. guns. There was a barracks and magazine inside it.
At the 1814 Battle of Baltimore it had seven 18-pdrs. mounted en-barbette and was manned by a naval company. On the evening 13 September 1814, Fort Covington and nearby Fort Babcock and Fort Look-Out repulsed the British fleet.
Nothing remains of the fort.
--Brock-Perry
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