Frontier Forts – U to V Forts

Uintah Fort, Utah – On Uintah River.
Umpqua Fort, Oregon – At Umpqua City.
Unalaklik Fort, Alaska – Mouth of Unalaklik River.
Uncompahgre Cantonment, Colorado- Name changed to Fort Crawford.
Underwood Joe Camp, Kentucky – Twenty-five miles from Cave City.
Union Camp, California – Near Sacramento.
Union Camp, Colorado- At Denver.
Union Camp, Maryland – At Bladensburg.
Union Fort Arsenal, New Mexico – At Fort Union.
Union Fort New Mexico – Near base of Gallinas or Turkey Mountains.
Fort Union and the Frontier Army in the Southwest: A Historic Resource Study, Fort Union National Monument, Fort Union, New Mexico
Union Fort, North Dakota – Mouth of Yellowstone.
Union Camp, Oregon – In Wasco County.
Union Camp, Pennsylvania – Near Schuylkill Falls.
Union Battery, South Carolina – On Folly Island.
Union Fort, Virginia – Near Suffolk.
Union Fort, West Virginia – At Lewisburg.
Union Fort, Wisconsin- Near Dodgeville.
Union Point, Battery at, North Carolina – Near Newbern.
United States Battery, Maine – At Castine.
United States Powder Depot, New Jersey – Near Dover.
University General Hospital, Louisianna – At New Orleans.
Uplandt Fort, Delaware.
Upper Fort, New York – At Fulton.
Upper Ashuelot, Fort at, New Hampshire.
Upper Sandusky, Fort at, Ohio.
Urmston Fort, Virginia – At Petersburg.
Utah Fort, Utah – Near Great Salt Lake City.

Vajen Camp, Indiana – At Indianapolis.
Valley Fort, Georgia – Houston County.
Valley Forge Camp at Pennsylvania – In Chester County.
Van Buren General Hospital, Louisianna – At Millikens Bend.
Vance’s Fort, Pennsylvania – On Cross Creek, Washington County.
Van Courtland, Fort, Florida – Near St. Johns River, at the head of Kingsbys Pond.
Vancouver Arsenal, Washington – At Vancouver.
Vancouver Fort or Barracks, Washington – At Vancouver; first named Columbia Barracks.
Vanderhorst Wharf Battery at, South Carolina – At Charleston. .
Van Metre’s Fort, West Virginia – On Short Creek, Brooke County.
Van Rensselaer Fort, New York – At Canajoharie.
Van Rensselaer Fort, New York – At Ogdensburg.
Van Schaicks Island Camp on, New York – Junction of Mohawk and Hudson.
Van Swearingen Fort, Florida – Near Lake Okechobee.
Vass’s Fort, Virginia
Vaux’s Fort, North Carolina – On Roanoke River.
Veile Camp, Virginia – Three miles from Norfolk.
Velasco Fort, Tex.- Mouth of the Brazos River.
Venango Fort, Pennsylvania – At Venango.
Venus Point Battery at, Georgia – Jones Island, Savannah River.
Verde Fort, Arizona – On Verde Creek, 30 miles from Prescott; originally called Camp Lincoln.
Verde Camp, Texas – Sixty miles northwest of San Antonio.
Vergennes Arsenal at, Vermont – Champlain Arsenal.
Vermont Battery, D. C- Defenses of Washington.
Vermont State Soldiers’ Home, Bennington, Vermont.
Vernon Camp, Virginia – Near Fort Ellsworth.
Verplancks Point, Forts at, New York – Forts Lafayette and Fayette.
Vest, Camp, Missouri – Four miles from Boonville.
Vicksburg National Cemetery, Mississippi – At Vicksburg.
Vide-Poche Camp, Mississippi – Near Rocky Springs.
Vieux Desert Island Fort on, Wisconsin – In Wisconsin River.
Vigilance Camp, New Mexico – Near Albuquerque.
Vigo Camp, Indiana – At Terre Haute.
Vinton Fort, Florida – Eighteen miles northwest of Indian River Inlet.
Virginia Fort, New York – At Sacket Harbor.
Virginia Camp, Virginia – At White Sulphur Springs.
Virginia Point Battery at, Texas – Five miles from Galveston.
Volunteer Fort, New York – At Sacket Harbor.
Voorhees Camp, New Jersey – At Sea Girt.
Vose Fort, Florida – Near Aucilla River, 32 miles from Tallahassee.
Voskressenski Fort, Alaska – Near Kenayaw Bay.
Vulcan Fort, Georgia – On Jones Island, Savannah River.


Topics:
Forts, History,

Collection:
War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Returns Division. List of Military Posts Etc. Established in the United States from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1902.

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Discover more from Access Genealogy

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading