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Star Forts were built in the US as well. During the Revolutionary War, soldiers loyal to the English King built an earthen 8-point fort near the town of Ninety
by chiph 8y ago
Star Forts were built in the US as well. During the Revolutionary War, soldiers loyal to the English King built an earthen 8-point fort near the town of Ninety Six South Carolina. It successfully repulsed an attack by 50 Patriots under the command of General Nathanael Greene.
The British commander Sir Francis Rawdon, 1st Marquess of Hastings, relieved the forces there shortly afterwards and abandoned it as part of a general retreat to Charleston.
https://www.nps.gov/nisi/learn/historyculture/the-star-fort.htm https://www.nps.gov/nisi/learn/historyculture/the-star-fort....
- riffraff 8y agoThe wiki article points out a pretty familiar American star fort: the pedistal of the statue of liberty.
- fiduciary 8y agoand by aesthetic (i.e., non-convex) inspiration, Fort Sumter and the Pentagon.
- User23 8y agoFort Ticonderoga in New York is a surviving star fort that's in good condition and open to tourists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ticonderoga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ticonderoga