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Fort on Grand Terre island, below New Orleans, Louisiana. Fort Pickering, Salem harbor, Massachusetts.

Fort opposite Fort Delaware, Delaware

Fort on Connanicut, Narraganset roads, Rhode Island.

Total.

SECOND CLASS.

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Fort at narrows of the Penobscot, Maine.

Tower at Bayou Dupre, near New Orleans, Louisiana

Fort on Dauphin island, mouth of Mobile bay, Alabama

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Fort near Provincetown, Massachusetts, fort near St. Mary's, Georgia, prin

cipal fort near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and fort near Beaufort, S. C.t. Fort on Oak island, mouth of Cape Fear river, North Carolina.

50

300

70

8

12

423

119, 000 00

Fort near Plymouth, Massachusettst.

Fort Griswold, near New London, Connecticut

75

830

81

5

20

936

132, 230 41

Fort on Nantasket Head, Boston harbor, Massachusetts.

130

1,550

251

29

Fort on Hawkins's Point, near Baltimore, Maryland.

120

845

109

12

326

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Secondary works near Pensacola, Fla., Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S. C.t.

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Fort near the mouth of Kennebec river, Mainet.

Fort on Naugus Head, Salem harbor, Massachusetts.

Fort on Jack's Point, Marblehead harbor, Massachusetts.

Fort on Cedar Point, Potomac river, Maryland+

Fort on Rose island, Narraganset roads, Rhode Island

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TABLE A-Classification of the proposed fortifications, &c.-Continued.

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Works for Mount Desert island and Sheep's Cut river, Maine*

Secondary works at Portland, Maine, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and for

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Gloucester harbor, Massachusetts*

Redoubt for Hog island, Boston harbor, Massachusetts.

30

150

15 6

241

Closing Broad Sound passage, Boston harbor, Massachusets.

Reducing altitude of Gallop island, Boston harbor, Massachusetts.

Works for New Bedford harbor, Massachusetts*

Closing west passage of Narraganset roads, Massachusetts.

Works for Stonington harbor, Connecticut, and Sag Harbor, New York*

Fort Trumbull, New London harbor, Connecticut.

75

460

58

Fort Hale, New Haven harbor, Connecticut.

25 220

27

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Fort Wooster, New Haven harbor, Connecticut.

25 155

8

8

240

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Fort on Middle Ground, New York harbor, New York.
Fort on East Bank, New York harbor, New York.
Works near St. Mary's, Potomac river, Maryland*.
Works near Annapolis, Chesapeake bay, Maryland*
Fort on Point Patience, Patuxent river, Maryland
Fort on Thomas's Point, Patuxent river, Maryland.
Fort near Beaufort, North Carolina.

150 1,760

332

10

550

1, 681, 411 66

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Redoubt on Federal Point, mouth of Cape Fear river, North Carolina.
Fort on Bald Head island, North Carolina..

Works at Georgetown harbor, mouths of Santee river,‡ Bull's bay,‡ and St.
St. Helena sound, South Carolina; Osabaw sound, St. Catharine's sound,
Sapelo sound, Doby inlet, Alatamaha sound, St. Simon's sound, and St.
Andrew's sound, Georgia; Charlotte harbor, Espiritu Santa bay, Apala-
chicola bay, St. Joseph's bay, St. Andrew's bay, Santa Rosa bay, and
Perdido bay, Florida*.

Tower at Pass au Heron's, Mobile bay.

Total.

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Works on Barnstable bay and Buzzard's bay, to cover Cape Cod Works near mouth of Elk river, to cover Chesapeake and Delacanal.

Works on Martha's Vineyard sound.

Works on Delaware bay, to cover artificial harbor near Cape Henlopen.

ware canal.

Works on Newport News, Craney island, and Naseway shoal, to cover naval depot in Burwell's bay.

Works to cover proposed new outlet of Albermarle sound.

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The FIRST CLASS, to be first constructed, comprising such as are most necessary for the protection of great cities, naval establishments, roads of rendez-
vous, and positions which an enemy might occupy for the war, to the great injury of the country.
The SECOND CLASS, to be next constructed, comprising such as cover important harbors, roadsteads, and naval stations not in the first class, and complete,
or nearly so, the defences of the places found in that class.
The THIRD CLASS, to be last constructed, comprising the defences necessary to the security of the smaller cities and towns, less useful and important
harbors, sounds, and inlets, and the remaining intersections of the interior parallel water communications.

The FOURTH CLASS comprises conditional works, the necessity for which will depend on the creation of artificial harbors, canals, great naval depots, &c.
N. B-In forming these classes, reference has been made also to the existing state of defence. In the first and second the defences stand in the
order of respective importance; in the third and fourth, in geographical order.

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TABLE B,

Containing a list of the existing works on the seaboard which it is advisable to preserve and retain as accessories to the proposed system of defence

DESIGNATION OF WORKS.

Fort at Wiscasset‡.

Fort Preble, Portland harbor.

Fort Scammel, Portland harbor..

Fort McCleary, Portsmouth harbor‡.

Fort on Gloucester‡

Fort Independence, Boston harbor.

Fort Warren and dependencies, Boston harbor..

Fort at New Bedford‡.

Fort Wolcott, Narraganset roads.

Fort Green, Narraganset roads.
Fort at Sag Harbor.

Fort Hale, New Haven harbor..

Fort Columbus, Governor's island, New York harbor..
Castle Williams, Governor's island, New York harbor.
South Battery, Governor's island, New York harbor..
Fort Wood, Bedloe's island, New York harbor.
Fort Gibson, Ellis's island, New York harbor..
Fort Gansevoort, City of New York..
Battery, Hubert island, City of New York.

Fort Lafayette, narrows of New York harbor.

Fort Mifflin, Delaware river....

Fort McHenry, Baltimore harbor.
Fort Madison, Annapolis harbor
Fort Severn, Annapolis harbor‡.
Fort Washington, Potomac river.
Fort Norfolk, Hampton roads.
Fort Neilson, Hampton roads..
Fort Moultrie, Charleston harbor‡ -
Castle Pinckney, Charleston harbor.
Fort Jackson, Savannah river..
Fort St. Philip, Mississippi river‡...

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REMARKS.

Some of these will be modified by the new system, and some, on further examination,

may have to give place to new works; these last are marked thus ‡

It is probable that several works, deserving a place in this list, have been omitted. All existing works on the coast, without exception, should be maintained until the new system is applied to the ground they occupy, or to the neighboring coast.

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