Just in time for the assault on Richmond that was supposed to end the Civil War a year after it began, Maj. Gen. George McClellan arrived at Fortress Monroe on April 2, 1862. Just in time to ...
Even more than Monticello, Fort Monroe on Point Comfort (look right when nearing Hampton on the bridge tunnel) inherently commemorates the world’s first freedom nation’s founding. Thankfully, ...
FORT MONROE — There’s a grassy spot on the southwestern side of Fort Monroe National Monument that looks out across the expansive waters of the Chesapeake Bay. It’s a place where people gather under a ...