This time it is the Historical Marker database, and Bernard Fisher went to Fort Huger and photographed the plaques and took pictures of the grounds.
John Smith traveled along the James River many times from 1607 to 1609. The first English settlement in Isle of Wight County was also near the fort's site.
During the Civil War, the site became Fort Huger and it was used for a year by the Confederates. Construction began July, 1861, under the supervision of Virginia state engineer Col. Andrew Talcott and was there to stop Union ships from advancing up the James River to Richmond.
Union Naval forces attacked it on May, 8, 1862 and the USS Monitor shelled it on he 12th. Fort Huger was bombarded several more times before evacuation on May 19, 1862.
Today, the fort has been cleared of growth and turned into a park. It is well-preserved.
A Little Known Confederate Fort. --Old B-Runner
