Pennsylvania Military Forts ~ M-Z ~
Alphabetical
list of forts, reservations, blockhouses, named camps, National
and State Homes for soldiers, national cemeteries, etc., in the
United States from its earliest settlement to date.
Many of the forts and structures
named were erected by the early settlers for their own
protection, and all vestige of them has now disappeared. The
exact locations of many are not positively known at the present
day, but reference is made to them in State histories, State
papers, etc. Those in bold-faced type are now occupied by troops
or are under the control of the War Department.(does not apply)
The data available for consultation are known to be incomplete,
and may be erroneous in some instances.
McAlister,
Fort, Pennsylvania in Cumberland County.
McAlvey's Fort, Pennsylvania in
Huntingdon County.
McCallister, Fort, Pennsylvania.
McAlister, Fort, Pennsylvania in
Cumberland County.
McAlvey's Fort, Pennsylvania in
Huntingdon County.
McCallister, Fort, Pennsylvania.
McClellan, Camp, Pennsylvania near
Harrisburg.
McClellan General Hospital,
Pennsylvania at Nicetown.
McClure, Fort, Pennsylvania at
Bloomsburg.
McClure, Camp, Pennsylvania at
Chambersburg.
McComb's Fort, Pennsylvania near
Doubling Gap.
McConnell's Fort, Pennsylvania at
Upper Strasburg, Franklin County.
McCord, Fort, Pennsylvania near
Loudon.
McCormick, Fort, Pennsylvania on
Stone Creek, in Huntingdon County.
McDowell, Fort, Pennsylvania In
Franklin County.
McElery's Fort, Pennsylvania on
Shavers Creek.
McCoy's Fort, Pennsylvania in Fayette
County.
Machault, Fort, Pennsylvania at
Franklin.
McIntosh, Fort, Pennsylvania at the
mouth of Beaver Creek, 29 miles from Pittsburg.
McFarland, Fort, Pennsylvania in
Washington County.
McKee's Fort, Pennsylvania in Dauphin
County, near McKee's Falls.
McLane, Camp, Pennsylvania near Erie.
McReynolds, Camp, Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia.
Manada, Fort, Pennsylvania in Dauphin
County.
Manainng, Fort, Pennsylvania At mouth
of Schuylkill.
Marcus Hook, Fort, Pennsylvania on
the Delaware River, 18 miles southwest of Philadelphia.
Marshall's Fort, Pennsylvania in
Washington County.
Martin, Fort, Pennsylvania in Bedford
County.
Mason's Fort, Pennsylvania in Fayette
County.
Maxwell's Fort, Pennsylvania on
Conococheague Creek.
Meade, Camp, Pennsylvania at
Middletown.
Meigs, Camp, Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia.
Menlendael, Fort, Pennsylvania near
Philadelphia.
Menninger, Fort, Pennsylvania Near
mouth of Warrior Run.
Meredith, Camp, Pennsylvania near
Greencastle.
Michault, Fort, Pennsylvania on
French Creek.
Mifflin, Fort, Pennsylvania on Mud
Island, Delaware River, 7 miles from Philadelphia.
Miller's blockhouse, Pennsylvania at
Hannastown.
Milliken, Fort, Pennsylvania in
Washington County.
Minter's Fort, Pennsylvania near
Pennsville.
Montgomery, Camp, Pennsylvania near
Pittsburg.
Morris, Fort, Pennsylvania at
Shippensburg.
Mount Pleasant, Fort, Pennsylvania.
Mount Washington, fortifications at,
Pennsylvania at Pittsburg.
Mower General Hospital, Pennsylvania
at West Philadelphia.
Mud Island, fort on, Pennsylvania
Fort Mifflin, Delaware River.
Necessity,
Fort, Pennsylvania at the Great Meadows, in Fayette County.
Negleys Hill, fortifications, Pennsylvania near Pittsburg.
New Brighton, blockhouse at, Pennsylvania at New Brighton.
Nominac, Fort, Pennsylvania on west bank of Delaware River.
Norris, Fort, Pennsylvania on Lehigh River, near Stroudsburg.
Northkill, Fort, Pennsylvania 2 miles from Strausstown, Berks
County.
Orr, Camp,
Pennsylvania near Kitanning.
Oxford Park, camp at, Pennsylvania 3 miles from Frankford.
Palmer, Fort,
Pennsylvania Westmoreland County; now town of that name.
Patterson, Camp, Pennsylvania near Chambersburg.
Patterson's Fort, Pennsylvania opposite Mexico, in Tuscarora
Valley.
Patterson's Fort, Pennsylvania in Snyder County.
Pearse's Fort, Pennsylvania 4 miles from Uniontown.
Penn Fort, Pennsylvania at Stroudsburg.
Pennsylvania State Soldiers' Home, Erie, Pennsylvania
Penrose Ferry, battery at, Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Arsenal, Pennsylvania Schuylkill Arsenal.
Philadelphia National Cemetery, Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
Phillips, Fort, Pennsylvania near Williamsburg.
Piper's Fort, Pennsylvania in Yellow Creek Valley, Bedford
County.
Pitt, Fort, Pennsylvania at Pittsburg.
Pittston, Fort, Pennsylvania at Pittston.
Pittstown, Redoubt, Pennsylvania near Wilkesbarre.
Plymouth, fort at, Pennsylvania in Luzerne County.
Potter's Fort, Pennsylvania in Center County.
Presque Isle, fort at, Pennsylvania Fort Erie.
Province Island, fortifications on, Pennsylvania near Fort
Mifflin.
Puleston, Camp, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia.
Ralston,
Fort, Pennsylvania in Northampton County; also called Brown's
Fort.
Raystown, Fort, Pennsylvania on Raystown Branch.
Redstone, Fort, Pennsylvania On site of Brownsville.
Reading, Fort, Pennsylvania on west bank of Delaware River.
Reid Fort, Pennsylvania at Lockhaven.
Reilly, Camp, Pennsylvania near Williamsport.
Return, Camp, Pennsylvania near Harrisburg.
Reynolds, Camp, Pennsylvania at Pittsburg.
Reynolds, Fort, Pennsylvania in Washington County.
Rice, Fort, Pennsylvania near Washingtonville.
Riffle, Fort, Pennsylvania in Fayette County.
Roberdeau, Fort, Pennsylvania in Sinking Valley; also known as
Lead Mine Fort.
Roller's Fort, Pennsylvania in Sinking Valley.
Roney's Fort, Pennsylvania in Finley Township, Washington
County.
Royalhannon, Fort, Pennsylvania See Loyal Hanna and Ligonier.
Ruff, Camp, Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
Ryerson's Fort, Pennsylvania in Greene County.
Satterlee
General Hospital, Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
Schwartz, Fort, Pennsylvania near Milton.
Scott, Camp, Pennsylvania near York.
Shamokin, fort at, Pennsylvania.
Shawnee, Fort, Pennsylvania near Plymouth.
Shippensburg, fort at, Pennsylvania.
Shippen, Fort, Pennsylvania near Hannastown.
Shields's Fort, Pennsylvania 6 miles from Hannastown.
Shirley, Fort, Pennsylvania in Huntingdon County; present site
of Shirleysburg.
Shurtees Creek, fort at, Pennsylvania on Ohio River, a little
below Pittsburg.
Simon, Camp, Pennsylvania near Harrisburg.
Slifer, Camp, Pennsylvania at Chambersburg.
Snyder, Camp, Pennsylvania at Gettysburg.
Spark's Fort, Pennsylvania near Burns's Ford, Fayette County.
Squirrel Hill, works on, Pennsylvania at Pittsburg.
Standing Stone, Fort, Pennsylvania on Juniata River, in
Huntingdon County.
Stanton, Camp, Pennsylvania near Girard College, Philadelphia.
State Island Reservation, Pennsylvania
Stattler's, Fort, Pennsylvania on Dunkard Creek, Greene County.
Steel, Fort, Pennsylvania three miles east of Mercersburg.
Struthers, Camp, Pennsylvania At Philadelphia.
Sullivan, Fort, Pennsylvania At Athens, Bradford County.
Summit General Hospital, Pennsylvania At Philadelphia.
Swan, Fort, Pennsylvania In Greene County.
Swartz, Fort, Pennsylvania Near Milton.
Swearingens Fort, Pennsylvania Near Morris Crossroads, Fayette
County.
Swatara River, blockhouse on, Pennsylvania In Lebanon County.
Tarentum,
blockhouse at Pennsylvania Allegheny River.
Taylors Fort, Pennsylvania near Taylorstown.
Taylorsville, fort at, Pennsylvania in Washington County.
Teeters Fort, Pennsylvania on Cross Creek, Washington County.
Tinicum Island, fort on, Pennsylvania Fort Gottenburg.
Tioga Point, fort at, Pennsylvania in Bradford County.
Tomany Hill, Fort, Rhode Island Newport Harbor.
Towson's Battery, Pennsylvania near Fort Erie.
Trucker's Fort, Pennsylvania near Lehigh Gap.
Turner's Lane General Hospital, Pennsylvania, At Philadelphia.
Turtle Creek, works on, Pennsylvania near Pittsburg.
Tuscarora Valley, blockhouse in, Pennsylvania, Opposite Mexico,
Juniata County.
Ulrich, Fort,
Pennsylvania near Annville.
Union, Camp, Pennsylvania near Schuylkill Falls.
Valley Forge,
camp at, Pennsylvania in Chester County.
Vance's Fort, Pennsylvania on Cross Creek, Washington County.
Venango, Fort, Pennsylvania at Venango.
Wacaco,
Blockhouse, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia.
Wallace, Fort, Pennsylvania near Blairsville.
Wallenpaupack, Fort, Pennsylvania in Pike County.
Walpack, Fort, Pennsylvania on Delaware River.
Walthour's Fort, Pennsylvania 8 miles west of Greensburg.
Washington, Camp, Pennsylvania near Easton.
Washington, Fort, Pennsylvania Montgomery County, 8 miles east
of Norristown.
Washington, Fort, Pennsylvania opposite Harrisburg.
Waterford Arsenal, Pennsylvania at Waterford.
Wells's Fort, Pennsylvania in Washington County.
Wheeler, Fort, Pennsylvania in Columbia County.
Wilkesbarre, forts at, Pennsylvania Forts Dickinson and Lillope.
William, Fort, Pennsylvania near Schuykill River.
William Penn, Camp, Pennsylvania at Chelten Hills.
Wintermoot's Fort, Pennsylvania in Wyoming Valley, near
Sturmerville.
Wolff's Fort, Pennsylvania in Washington County.
Wyoming, Fort, Pennsylvania near Wilkesbarre.
Zeller, Fort,
Pennsylvania near Newmansville.
Zollersville, Fort, Pennsylvania at Zollersville.
Pennsylvania Military Forts A - L
Military
Forts
Source: Historical Register and
Dictionary of the United States Army, Volume 2, by Francis B.
Heitman, Government Printing Office, 1903.
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