Fort Nichols (Massachusetts)
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Fort Nichols was a fort that existed in 1775 in
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during the
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. It was also known as Fort Merrimac during its existence. Two possible locations for the fort exist. One is a location named Salisbury Point on modern topographic maps, where
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crosses the
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; this is the location of the coordinates given. Another possibility is the mouth of the Merrimack at Salisbury Beach in
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. One source (Heitman) states that the
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Fort at Salisbury Point The Fort at Salisbury Point was a fort in use from 1863 to 1865 in Salisbury, Massachusetts, during the American Civil War. It was also called the Fort at Salisbury Beach.Manuel 2020, pp. 73–74 It was a nine-gun earthwork located at the mouth ...
was built at the same location as Fort Nichols, which is given as "at Salisbury Point, opposite Newburyport". (dead link 27 June 2020) The Civil War fort was sometimes referred to as Fort Nichols by local civilians.


See also

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List of military installations in Massachusetts This is a list of current and former military installations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Current military installations in Massachusetts Joint facilities ;Bases * Joint Base Cape Cod (state designation, not federally recognized)


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