Fort Henry

Fort Henry is the name of:

  • Fort Henry (Virginia), a 1646 fort near present-day Petersburg, Virginia
  • Fort Henry (West Virginia), a 1774 fort near present–day Wheeling, West Virginia
  • Fort Henry, a winter camp built by Andrew Henry (fur trader) on Henry's Fork of the Snake River in 1810-11
  • Fort Henry, Ontario (1837) in Kingston, Ontario, a limestone redoubt and connected fortified battery, built to protect the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard and the entrance to the Rideau Canal — now a popular tourist destination
  • Fort Henry (site of the Battle of Fort Henry), site of the Battle of Fort Henry (1862) in Tennessee during the American Civil War
  • Fort Henry in Studland Bay, built in 1943 by Canadian engineers and used during the Second World War for training exercises in preparation for D-Day
  • Fort Henry on the Missouri River, an 1822 fort southwest of present-day Williston, North Dakota

Famous quotes containing the words fort and/or henry:

    “Why, even when I was innocent her hatred of me hurt a good deal. Now that I’m guilty, her belief in me would hurt even more.”
    —Garrett Fort (1900–1945)

    “Let me tell you something. Nobody goes to jail unless they want to. Unless they make themselves get caught. They don’t have things organized.”
    —Nicholas Pileggi, U.S. screenwriter, and Martin Scorsese. Henry Hill (Ray Liotta)