Fort Totten was originally constructed between 1857 and 1862 on Willet's Point, near Bayside in Queens County, New York. The original purpose was to protect the East River approach to New York Harbor, along with Fort Schuyler, which faces it from Throgs Neck on the opposite side of the river entrance. 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Bayside is the name of a neighborhood in Queens County of New York City, New York in the United States of America. ... Queens is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States, and the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S. It is coterminous with Queens County in the State of New York and is located on western Long Island. ... This entry is about the East River in New York City. ... New York Harbor is a geographic term that refers collectively to the bays and tidal estuaries near the mouth of the Hudson and adjacent rivers in the vicinity of New York City. ... Fort Schuyler is a preserved 19th century fortification housing a museum in New York City. ... Throgs Neck, shown in red, in the Bronx, New York City Throgs Neck (sometimes spelled Throggs Neck) is a narrow spit of land in the southeastern Bronx in New York City. ...
The fort was named in 1898 after Joseph Gilbert Totten. 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Joseph Gilbert Totten Joseph Gilbert Totten (August 23, 1788 – April 22, 1864) was born in New Haven, Connecticut. ...
Much of the fort has become a public park and is open to the people of NYC for tours under the National Park Service
References
New York State Military Museum
External links
1920 map of Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, and Fort Schuyler (PDF)
Fort Slocum, NewYork was a US military base occupying Davids Island and Hart Island at the western end of Long Island Sound.
Hart Island was sold to NewYork City in 1868, for use as a burial ground (potter's field) and for various purposes by the NewYork City Department of Corrections.
Fort Slocum was also the name of a Civil War fort defending Washington, D.C., although it was named for a different Slocum (Colonel John S. Slocum of Rhode Island, killed at the First Battle of Bull Run).
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