San Francisco, California | Although its guns never fired a shot in anger, the "Fort at Fort Point" as it was originally named, has witnessed the Civil War, obsolescence, earthquakes, bridge construction, reuse for World War II, and preservation as a National Historic Site.

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Drum Barracks Civil War Museum
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1052 North Banning Boulevard
Wilmington, CA 90744, USA
Website: www.drumbarracks.org
The Museum is housed in the last remaining wooden structure of the 60-acre, 22-building military post built here in 1862. As U.S. Army Headquarters for Southern California and the Arizona Territory, it protected the harbor, kept the peace, secured the area for the Union and served as a supply depot.
San Francisco, California | Because of the military importance of San Francisco Bay, the Union stationed soldiers at the Presidio during the Civil War.
San Francisco, California | During the Civil War, Alcatraz was responsible for defending the city and became the official U.S. Army prison for the western states and territories in 1861.
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