Fort Trumbull -Eastman
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The structure depicted by Eastman is the third fort constructed on the same site with the same name. In 1775, recognizing the necessity of protecting harbors from British occupation, the General Assembly of Connecticut ordered fortifications prepared between the mouth of the river Thames and the town of New London. Named for Governor Jonathan Trumbull, the first Fort Trumbull, completed in 1777, was apparently a primitive affair designed solely to cover the river. Its fatal flaw, an open landward side, allowed British forces, led by the American Benedict Arnold, easily to overrun the fort's 23-man garrison from the rear and put New London to the torch in 1781.
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Fort TrumbullFort Trumbull ist der Name einer ehemaligen Militärbasis in New London (Connecticut) im US-Bundesstaat Connecticut. Eine angrenzende, inzwischen abgerissene Siedlung hieß entsprechend Fort Trumbull neighborhood. Heute befindet sich dort unter anderem der Fort Trumbull State Park. Die Coast Guard Station New London liegt heute in unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft. .. weiterlesen