Description: Historic Fort Wool is strategically located on a small island of granite rocks at the entrance to Hampton Roads Harbor. President Andrew Jackson sought haven from the White House and governed America from the secluded island for extended periods of time. Here he forcefully confronted the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833, foreshadowing the American Civil War. At the same time Robert E. Lee, a West Point-trained army engineer, guided the construction of the bastion’s casemates. In 1861 the mighty Sawyer rifled cannon mounted on the wharf shelled the Confederate batteries at Sewell’s Point. On March 9, 1862, Fort Wool’s cannon fired at the C.S.S.Virginia during the epic naval Battle of Hampton Roads. Standing on Fort Wool ramparts, President Abraham Lincoln watched the Federal fleets assault on Norfolk. Come aboard the spacious Miss Hampton cruise boat and explore Fort Wool. From Fort Wool’s matchless vantage point, scan the expansive Hampton Roads Harbor and imagine the heroic events that shaped the Civil War in Virginia on land and sea!
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