Fort Slocum (New York)

Fort Slocum (New York)

Fort Slocum, New York was a US military base which occupied Davids' Island in the western end of Long Island Sound in New Rochelle, New York from 1867 - 1965. The fort was named for Major General Henry W. Slocum, a Union corps commander in the American Civil War.

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