Fort Mifflin

Fort Mifflin, originally called Fort Island Battery and also known as Mud Island Fort, was commissioned in 1771 and sits on Mud Island (or Deep Water Island) on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia International Airport.

During the American Revolutionary War, the British Army bombarded and captured the fort as part of their conquest of Philadelphia in autumn 1777. In 1795, the fort was renamed for Thomas Mifflin, a Continental Army officer and the first post-independence Pennsylvania governor.

The U.S. Army began rebuilding the fort in 1794, and continued to garrison and build on the site into the 19th century. Fort Mifflin housed prisoners during the American Civil War. The U.S. Army decommissioned Fort Mifflin for active duty infantry and artillery in 1962.

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Fort Mifflinは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界2,440位（全5,793件中）、アメリカ合衆国の98件では67位にランクされています。1771年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の18%より古い城です（18世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の360件のひとつ）。アメリカ合衆国が他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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