Fort Monroe

Fort Monroe (also known as the Fort Monroe National Monument) was a military installation in Hampton, Virginia--at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula. Along with Fort Wool, Fort Monroe guarded the navigation channel between the Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads--the natural roadstead at the confluence of the Elizabeth, the Nansemond and the James rivers. Surrounded by a moat, the seven-sided fort is the largest stone fort ever built in the United States.