"Castle Island" is a 22 acre major recreation site located in South Boston is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, located south of the Fort Point Channel and abutting Dorchester Bay. It was formerly known as Dorchester Neck. It was here, on Dorchester Heights, during the American Revolutionary War that George Washington placed his cannon and forced the evacuation of the British... South Boston on Boston Harbor. It is the site of Fort Independance, one of the oldest fortified sites in British North America. It was first called Fort William by the British, and renamed Fort Independace in 1779. It protected Boston Harbor in the Military history of Canada Military history of the United Kingdom Military history of the United States Conflict War of 1812 Date 1812–1815 Result Status quo ante bellum (A Stalemate) Combatants United States of America United Kingdom Strength 100,000 50,000 Casualties 12,000 5,000 The North... War of 1812. The current " This article describes the fortified buildings. Castle is also an alternative name for the Rook, the move of Kingside castling: O-O   Queenside castling: O-O-O Castling is a special move in the game of chess involving the king and either rook. Castling consists of moving the king... Castle" is a five sided fort built before the For other uses, see Civil War (disambiguation) A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. Civil war is usually a high intensity stage in an unresolved political struggle for national control of state power. As in any war, the... Civil War.

Local legend has it that the remains of an unpopular officer were found walled up at the fort while Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809–October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor and critic. He is best known for his tales of the macabre and his poems. Edgar Allan Poe Contents // 1 Biography 1.1 Life 1.2 Poes death 1.3 Griswold... Edgar Allan Poe served there in the Army and this became the basis of his story The Cask of Amontillado is a horror short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is about revenge and is set in Italy during the 19th century. Summary Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. The Cask of Amontillado is set during the carnival season in 19th century Italy, in... The Cask of Amontillado. There is no proof of this being true.

During the German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The German invasion... Second World War the Navy is also:- shorthand for Navy Blue the nickname of the United States Naval Academy A navy is the branch of the armed forces of a nation that operates primarily on water. Most nations which have coastlines have their own navies; a few landlocked countries also possess navies, often as... Navy used the site for a ship degaussing station.

Today the Castle Island fort is open to tours in the summer. There is a monument to Donald McKay (1810-1880) was a Canadian-born American shipbuilder. Born in Nova Scotia, he owned a shipyard in Boston that created swift clippers, considered among the most beautiful ships ever to sail. Among the most famous of these were the Flying Cloud, the Great Republic, the Sovreign of the... Donald McKay who built the clipper ships The Flying Cloud of 1851 was the most famous of the extreme clippers built by Donald McKay in East Boston, Massachusetts. The Flying Cloud was purchased at launching by Grinell, Minturn & Co, New York, for $90,000. Within six weeks she sailed from New York and made San Francisco... Flying Cloud and Several well-known ships have been named Sovereign of the Seas: HMS Sovereign of the Seas was a British Royal Navy warship of 100 guns, later known as just Sovereign and then Royal Sovereign. The Sovereign of the Seas of 1852 was a clipper. Royal Caribbean Internationals Sovereign of... Sovereign of the Seas.

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• Castle Island (http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston/castle.htm)