Publication
Washington Papers Consolidated Index | F | Fortifications
To Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, 14 January 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 3:88]
From Colonel Thomas Thomas, 6 August 1776 [Revolutionary War Series 5:588]
To John Hancock, 19 January 1777 [Revolutionary War Series 8:103]
– abandoned [1 reference]
– abattis [1 reference]
– American [3 references + 43 subentries]
– American works [8 references + 52 subentries]
– and army strategy [1 reference]
– assertions of knowledge in [2 references]
– at Boston [19 references + 5 subentries]
– at Cape Ann [4 references]
– at Charleston [3 references]
– at Fort Stanwix [1 reference]
– at Halifax [1 reference]
– at King's Bridge, N.Y. [1 reference]
– at New London [5 references]
– at Newport [5 references]
– at New York [47 references]
– at Philadelphia [1 reference]
– at Quebec [2 references]
– at Savannah [1 reference]
– at Ticonderoga [2 references]
– at Valley Forge [6 references]
– at West Point [7 references]
– British [3 references + 31 subentries]
– British and Hessian works [21 references + 1 subentry]
– British works [23 references + 13 subentries]
– coastal defense [14 references]
– construction [20 references]
– construction and repair of [36 references]
– construction methods [4 references]
– destruction of [3 references]
– during French and Indian War [1 reference]
– fascines [1 reference]
– flèches and redans [1 reference]
– for Oneidas [3 references]
– French [1 reference + 2 subentries]
– in American lines at Boston [42 references]
– in British lines at Boston [20 references]
– in Canada [24 references]
– in Connecticut [1 reference]
– Indian [1 reference]
– in Georgia [1 reference]
– in Hudson Highlands [45 references]
– in Kentucky [1 reference]
– in Maryland [4 references]
– in New York [2 references + 3 subentries]
– in New York area [2 subentries]
– in North Carolina [6 references]
– in northern department [19 references]
– in Northwest Territory [2 references]
– in Nova Scotia [2 references]
– in Rhode Island [4 references]
– in Virginia [5 references + 1 subentry]
– Loyalist [1 reference]
– materials for [4 subentries]
– of seaports [1 reference]
– on Connecticut coast [3 references]
– on Delaware River [4 references]
– on frontier [4 references]
– on Potomac River [5 references]
– on Rhode Island [1 reference]
– plans for [1 reference]
– repair of [1 reference]
– river defenses [11 references]
– value for inexperienced troops [1 reference]