Fort Lafayette

| View Cart ⇗ | Info

Fort Lafayette was an island coastal fortification in New York Harbor, built next to Fort Hamilton. During the Civil War, the casement were used to house Confederate prisoners of war and politicians opposed to Abraham Lincoln’s administration policies.

Keywords

American Civil War, New York, confederate prisoners of war, Fort Lafayette

Galleries

1861-1865 Civil War Places

Source

Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 2) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)

Downloads

TIFF (full resolution)

2400×1376, 5.2 MiB

Large GIF

1024×587, 259.0 KiB

Medium GIF

640×366, 114.0 KiB

Small GIF

320×183, 31.2 KiB