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| Because of its prime location for harbor and coastal defense, Fortress Monroe (Fort Monroe after 1832) was chosen by General Abraham Eustis as headquarters for the new Army Artillery School of Practice in 1824. Point Comfort also provided an ideal position as a staging area for troops destined for other rebellions or wars of the era. The largest stone for ever built in America also played an important role in every aspect of the Civil War: immediately after hostilities began, Fort Monroe was reinforced with thousands of Union Army troops and the Confederacy was never able to recapture it; Fort Monroe was used as a staging area for many battles, most notably, the Battle of Big Bethel and the Peninsula Campaign of 1862; Robert E. Lee supervised construction of the moat during the 1830's; Edgar Allen Poe was stationed here in 1828 as Sergeant Major of Artillery; the walls of this fortress were a prime location to watch the Battle of the Ironclads; this citadel also played a part in the peace process when, in early 1865, the Hampton Roads Peace Conference was held on the River Queen steamer anchored off Old Point Comfort; Confederate president Jefferson Davis was imprisoned at Fort Monroe for two years after the war, some of this time was in its casemate. More ... | ||||
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