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[td][/td] [td]'''Fort Glover''' was a fort in [[Marblehead, Massachusetts]]. Fortifications on the site existed during the [[American Revolutionary War]], the [[War of 1812]], the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], and the [[SpanishβAmerican War]]. The fort was located on what is now Riverhead Beach on Ocean Ave in Marblehead, sited to guard the beach and the Marblehead Neck causeway. It was demolished in 1917.<ref name=Rob1>Roberts, p. 400</ref><ref name=Man1>Manuel, pp. 29, 31</ref> [/td]
[td]'''Fort Glover''' was a fort in [[Marblehead, Massachusetts]]. Fortifications on the site existed during the [[American Revolutionary War]], the [[War of 1812]], the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], and the [[SpanishβAmerican War]]. The fort was located on what is now Riverhead Beach on Ocean Ave in Marblehead, sited to guard the beach and the Marblehead Neck causeway. It was demolished in 1917.<ref name=Rob1>Roberts, p. 400</ref><ref name=Man1>Manuel, pp. 29, 31</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]It was originally built in 1775 for the Revolutionary War as the '''Huit's Head Battery'''. It was rebuilt in the War of 1812 as the '''Gilbert Heights Fort''', garrisoned 1813β1815.<ref name=AFN1>{{cite web|title=Massachusetts - Fort Glover|url=http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/ma.html#glover|publisher=American Forts Network|access-date=6 June 2020}}</ref> It was rebuilt again for the Civil War in 1863 as a three-[[cannon|gun]] [[earthworks (fortification)|earthwork]] battery. It was named in honor of [[John Glover (general)|John Glover]], a Revolutionary War general from Marblehead.<ref name=Man1/> He commanded the [[14th Continental Regiment|Marblehead Regiment]] and provided his own ship ''[[USS Hannah|Hannah]]'' as the first warship in United States service (hired by the [[Continental Army]], as the Continental Navy had not yet been authorized).<ref name=Rob1/> A plan dated September 1864 and an armament report dated January 31, 1865 show the fort was armed with one 32-pounder [[James rifle|rifled gun]] and two 8-inch [[smoothbore]] guns.<ref>Manuel, pp. 29, 31, 40</ref> It was rebuilt for the SpanishβAmerican War in 1898, and abandoned after that.<ref name=Rob1/> [/td]
[td]It was originally built in 1775 for the Revolutionary War as the '''Huit's Head Battery'''. It was rebuilt in the War of 1812 as the '''Gilbert Heights Fort''', garrisoned 1813β1815.<ref name=AFN1>{{cite web|title=Massachusetts - Fort Glover|url=http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/ma.html#glover|publisher=American Forts Network|access-date=6 June 2020}}</ref> It was rebuilt again for the Civil War in 1863 as a three-[[cannon|gun]] [[earthworks (fortification)|earthwork]] battery. It was named in honor of [[John Glover (general)|John Glover]], a Revolutionary War general from Marblehead.<ref name=Man1/> He commanded the [[14th Continental Regiment|Marblehead Regiment]] and provided his own ship ''[[USS Hannah|Hannah]]'' as the first warship in United States service (hired by the [[Continental Army]], as the Continental Navy had not yet been authorized).<ref name=Rob1/> A plan dated September 1864 and an armament report dated January 31, 1865 show the fort was armed with one 32-pounder [[James rifle|rifled gun]] and two 8-inch [[smoothbore]] guns.<ref>Manuel, pp. 29, 31, 40</ref> It was rebuilt for the SpanishβAmerican War in 1898, and abandoned after that.<ref name=Rob1/>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]After 1898 it gained the nickname "Cow Fort", after the cattle that resided within its former walls. The fort was demolished in 1917, although a portion of the site called "Cow Fort Farm" became part of Seaside Park in 1895.<ref name=AFN1/>[/td]
[td]After 1898 it gained the nickname "Cow Fort", after the cattle that resided within its former walls. The fort was demolished in 1917, although a portion of the site called "Cow Fort Farm" became part of Seaside Park in 1895.<ref name=AFN1/>[/td]
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[td][/td] [td]'''Fort Glover''' was a fort in [[Marblehead, Massachusetts]]. Fortifications on the site existed during the [[American Revolutionary War]], the [[War of 1812]], the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], and the [[SpanishβAmerican War]]. The fort was located on what is now Riverhead Beach on Ocean Ave in Marblehead, sited to guard the beach and the Marblehead Neck causeway. It was demolished in 1917.<ref name=Rob1>Roberts, p. 400</ref><ref name=Man1>Manuel, pp. 29, 31</ref> [/td]
[td]'''Fort Glover''' was a fort in [[Marblehead, Massachusetts]]. Fortifications on the site existed during the [[American Revolutionary War]], the [[War of 1812]], the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], and the [[SpanishβAmerican War]]. The fort was located on what is now Riverhead Beach on Ocean Ave in Marblehead, sited to guard the beach and the Marblehead Neck causeway. It was demolished in 1917.<ref name=Rob1>Roberts, p. 400</ref><ref name=Man1>Manuel, pp. 29, 31</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]It was originally built in 1775 for the Revolutionary War as the '''Huit's Head Battery'''. It was rebuilt in the War of 1812 as the '''Gilbert Heights Fort''', garrisoned 1813β1815.<ref name=AFN1>{{cite web|title=Massachusetts - Fort Glover|url=http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/ma.html#glover|publisher=American Forts Network|access-date=6 June 2020}}</ref> It was rebuilt again for the Civil War in 1863 as a three-[[cannon|gun]] [[earthworks (fortification)|earthwork]] battery. It was named in honor of [[John Glover (general)|John Glover]], a Revolutionary War general from Marblehead.<ref name=Man1/> He commanded the [[14th Continental Regiment|Marblehead Regiment]] and provided his own ship ''[[USS Hannah|Hannah]]'' as the first warship in United States service (hired by the [[Continental Army]], as the Continental Navy had not yet been authorized).<ref name=Rob1/> A plan dated September 1864 and an armament report dated January 31, 1865 show the fort was armed with one 32-pounder [[James rifle|rifled gun]] and two 8-inch [[smoothbore]] guns.<ref>Manuel, pp. 29, 31, 40</ref> It was rebuilt for the SpanishβAmerican War in 1898, and abandoned after that.<ref name=Rob1/> [/td]
[td]It was originally built in 1775 for the Revolutionary War as the '''Huit's Head Battery'''. It was rebuilt in the War of 1812 as the '''Gilbert Heights Fort''', garrisoned 1813β1815.<ref name=AFN1>{{cite web|title=Massachusetts - Fort Glover|url=http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/ma.html#glover|publisher=American Forts Network|access-date=6 June 2020}}</ref> It was rebuilt again for the Civil War in 1863 as a three-[[cannon|gun]] [[earthworks (fortification)|earthwork]] battery. It was named in honor of [[John Glover (general)|John Glover]], a Revolutionary War general from Marblehead.<ref name=Man1/> He commanded the [[14th Continental Regiment|Marblehead Regiment]] and provided his own ship ''[[USS Hannah|Hannah]]'' as the first warship in United States service (hired by the [[Continental Army]], as the Continental Navy had not yet been authorized).<ref name=Rob1/> A plan dated September 1864 and an armament report dated January 31, 1865 show the fort was armed with one 32-pounder [[James rifle|rifled gun]] and two 8-inch [[smoothbore]] guns.<ref>Manuel, pp. 29, 31, 40</ref> It was rebuilt for the SpanishβAmerican War in 1898, and abandoned after that.<ref name=Rob1/>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]After 1898 it gained the nickname "Cow Fort", after the cattle that resided within its former walls. The fort was demolished in 1917, although a portion of the site called "Cow Fort Farm" became part of Seaside Park in 1895.<ref name=AFN1/>[/td]
[td]After 1898 it gained the nickname "Cow Fort", after the cattle that resided within its former walls. The fort was demolished in 1917, although a portion of the site called "Cow Fort Farm" became part of Seaside Park in 1895.<ref name=AFN1/>[/td]
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