Fort Mott was part of a three-fort defense system designed for the Delaware River during the post Civil War modernization period. The other two forts in the system were Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island and Fort DuPont in Delaware City, Delaware. Original plans for Fort Mott specified eleven gun emplacements with twenty guns and a mortar battery with six emplacements for Rodman Smoothbore guns. Construction was started in 1872, however, only two of the gun emplacements and two magazines in the mortar battery were completed by 1876 when all work stopped. The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties Killed in action: 110,000 Total dead: 360,000 Wounded: 275,200 Killed in action: 93,000 Total dead: 258... Fort Delaware is a harbor defense facility built in 1859 on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River. ... Official language(s) None Capital Dover Largest city Wilmington Area  Ranked 49th  - Total 2,491 sq mi (6,452 km²)  - Width 30 miles (48 km)  - Length 100 miles (161 km)  - % water 21. ... Smoothbore refers to a firearm which does not have a rifled barrel. ...

A general War Department Order #72, issued on December 16, 1897, designated the new fort as Fort Mott, in honor of Major General Gersham Mott, of Burlington. Gersham Mott had served with distinction as Second Lieutenant in the Tenth Infantry in the Mexican War, as Lieutenant-Colonel in the Fifth New Jersey Volunteers in 1861, as Brigadier General with the Sixth New Jersey Volunteers in 1862 and became Major General in 1865. He was wounded four times. He resigned in 1866 and died November 29, 1884. Burlington may refer to: // Places Burlington, Vermont, the largest city in Vermont and home to the University of Vermont Burlington, Ontario, the largest Burlington in Canada Other places in the United States Cities and towns Burlington, Colorado Burlington, Connecticut Burlington, Illinois Burlington, Indiana Burlington, Iowa Burlington, Kansas Burlington, Kentucky Burlington... Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned rank in many armed forces. ... Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ... The Mexican-American War was a war fought between the United States and Mexico between 1846 and 1848. ... Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-Colonel in British English from the French grades spelling) is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine corps and air forces of the world, typically ranking above a Major and below a Colonel. ... A Brigadier General, or one-star general, is the lowest rank of general officer in the United States and some other countries, ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. ...

Fort Mott, along with Fort Delaware and Fort DuPont, became obsolete as the principal defensive installation on the Delaware River with the construction of Fort Saulsbury, near Milford, Delaware, shortly after World War I. Milford is a city located in Kent and Sussex Counties, Delaware. ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Military dead: 4 million The First World War, also known as The Great War, The War to End All Wars, and World War I (abbreviated WWI) was...

Troops were regularly stationed at Fort Mott from 1897 to 1922. The federal government maintained a caretaking detachment at the fort from 1922 to 1943. New Jersey acquired the military reservation as a historic site and State park in 1947. The park was opened to the public on June 24, 1951. Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ...

Apart from regular practice sessions and testing, the guns at Fort Mott were never fired in battle.

External links

• Military History -- Fort Mott
• Coastal Heritage Trail -- Fort Mott