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Fort Howard began when the U. S. Government started purchasing land for the post in 1896. Its location at the mouth of the Patapsco River was well suited to defending the City of Baltimore from naval attack. Until April 4, 1900, it was known as the North Point Military Reservation. On that date, it was named for Col. John Eager Howard, a distinguished soldier of the Maryland Continental Line during the Revolutionary War. Fort Howard became the headquarters for Baltimore’s coastal defenses, with Forts Smallwood, Armistead, and Carroll under its command. Its first troops arrived on June 27 1899, and its last garrison left in August 1940, when the V. A. acquired title to the property.
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Edgemere, Maryland · United States
