Fort Tompkins (Sackets Harbor, New York)

Fort Tompkins (18121815) was a redoubt at Sackets Harbor, New York. A minor redoubt in a fortified line of four such "forts" (Kentucky, Virginia, Chauncey, Stark) anchored at Fort Pike (later Madison Barracks) on the bay, protecting the land side of Sackets Harbor.

Fort Tompkins
Site history
Built byNew York Army National Guard
In use1812-1815
Battles/warsWar of 1812
EventsNamed for Governor Daniel D. Tompkins

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