Fort Madison and Fort Severn: Jefferson's Second Seacoast Defense System as Employed in Annapolis, Maryland
Author(s): Mechelle Kerns Galway
Year: 2013
Summary
Due to President Thomas Jefferson’s call for seacoast defense, known as the "Second System," the capital city of Annapolis, Maryland saw the construction of two forts during the period of 1808 to 1810. By the War of 1812, Annapolis had Fort Madison, a traditional star-shaped fortification and Fort Severn, a round gun battery to protect the Chesapeake Bay Severn River approach, Annapolis Roads, and the city. This paper outlines the history of both forts, the research findings on the construction, armaments, and life cycles of the forts and the Phase I Archaeological Survey (April and May 2012) to locate the remains of Fort Madison that stood until the 1930s.
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Fort Madison and Fort Severn: Jefferson's Second Seacoast Defense System as Employed in Annapolis, Maryland. Mechelle Kerns Galway. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Leicester, England, U.K. 2013 ( tDAR id: 428267)
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Keywords
General
Forts
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Maryland
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Seacoast Defense
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
Early 19th Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 104