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Fort Mifflin

Fort Mifflin, originally called Fort Island Battery and also known as Mud Island Fort, was commissioned in 1771 and sits on Mud Island (or Deep Water Island) on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[nb 1] near Philadelphia International Airport.

Fort Mifflin

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1771 - 1776

Fort Mifflin Road
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

August 29, 1970

August 29, 1970

May 10, 1990[2]

During the American Revolutionary War, the British Army bombarded and captured the fort as part of their conquest of Philadelphia in autumn 1777. In 1795, the fort was renamed for Thomas Mifflin, a Continental Army officer and the first post-independence Pennsylvania governor.[3]


The U.S. Army began rebuilding the fort in 1794, and continued to garrison and build on the site into the 19th century. Fort Mifflin housed prisoners during the American Civil War. The U.S. Army decommissioned Fort Mifflin for active duty infantry and artillery in 1962.


While the older portion of the fort was returned to the City of Philadelphia, a portion of the fort's grounds are still actively used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, making it the oldest fort in use by the U.S. military. Historic preservationists have restored the fort, which has been named a National Historic Landmark.

Arsenal

Artillery Shed

Blacksmith Shop

Sutler Building/Storehouse

Soldiers' Barracks

Officers Quarters

Commandant's House

Hospital/Messhall

West Sallyport

Casemates

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Casemate #11

Eastwick

Frankford Arsenal

Harbor Defenses of the Delaware

List of coastal fortifications of the United States

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List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia

National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Philadelphia

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Schuylkill Arsenal

Seacoast defense in the United States

Boatner, Mark Mayo (1966). Cassell's Biographical Dictionary of the American War of Independence, 1763–1783. London: Cassell & Company.  0-304-29296-6.

ISBN

Dorwart, Jeffery (1998). Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia: An Illustrated History. University of Pennsylvania Press.  978-0-8122-1644-8.

ISBN

Jackson, John (1986). Fort Mifflin: Valiant Defender of the Delaware. Old Fort Mifflin Historical Society Preservation Committee.

Liggett, Barbara; Laumark, Sandra (1979). "The Counterfort at Fort Mifflin". . 11 (1). Association for Preservation Technology International (APT): 37–74. doi:10.2307/1493677. JSTOR 1493677.

Bulletin of the Association for Preservation Technology

Roberts, Robert B. (1988). Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States. New York: Macmillan.  0-02-926880-X.

ISBN

Scull, G. D., ed. (1881). . Collection for the Year 1881. Collections of the New-York Historical Society ... 1881. Publication fund series.[v. 14]. New York Historical Society.

"The Montresor Journals"

Stanton, Shelby L. (1991). World War II Order of Battle. Galahad Books.  0-88365-775-9.

ISBN

Wade, Arthur P. (2011). . CDSG Press. ISBN 978-0-9748167-2-2.

Artillerists and Engineers: The Beginnings of American Seacoast Fortifications, 1794–1815

Wilkinson, Norman B. (1960–1961). "The Forgotten "Founder" of West Point". Military Affairs. 24 (4). Society for Military History: 177–188. :10.2307/1984876. JSTOR 1984876.

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Fort Mifflin official website

American History Fort Mifflin

Fort Mifflin Historical Society

Attack on Fort Mifflin

Historic American Buildings Survey

Fort Mifflin, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA