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Fort Norfolk, in Norfolk's former Atlantic City neighborhood, was one of a series of 19 coastal fortifications authorized by President George Washington in 1794. It was rebuilt with masonry walls in 1808, and barracks and related buildings were added by 1812. During the War of 1812, Fort Norfolk supplied troops who successfully repelled the British at the 1813 Battle of Craney Island. During the American Civil War, the fort was home to the United States Navy and both the Union and Confederate armies. The United States Army Corps of Engineers has occupied the site since 1923 and maintains the historic fort, where the walls and many of the original buildings remain intact today.
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Norfolk, Virginia · United States
