"Fort Independence" is an infrequently used and incorrect alternative name for the extensive Revolutionary War fortifications located on Mount Independence in

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. Although "Fort Independence" can be found occasionally in Revolutionary War documents referring to the fortifications on

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, the proper and official name of the peninsula and fortifications was Mount Independence. During the

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, "Fort Independence" nearly always refers to a fort in the Boston Harbor or one in

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, New York.Williams, John A. "Mount Independence in Time of War, 1776-1783," ''Vermont History'' (April 1967) 2: 60-79.

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American Revolutionary War forts Forts in Vermont Buildings and structures in Orwell, Vermont {{AmericanRevolutionaryWar-stub