What is "fort scott"

Fort Scott may refer to any of five places for which General Winfield Scott, former General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army, was namesake:

• Fort Scott, Kansas, a city that grew up around a military fort of the same name
  • Fort Scott National Historic Site
• Fort Scott (Flint River, Georgia), a small fortification on the Flint River near the Georgia/Florida border, built in 1816 as a staging base for operations against Creek and Seminole Indians operating in western Spanish Florida.
• Fort Scott (Arlington, Virginia), a small fortification in Arlington, Virginia, built to defend Washington during the American Civil War
• Fort Winfield Scott, a coast artillery post created within the Presidio of San Francisco in 1912
• Fort Point, San Francisco, renamed Fort Winfield Scott in 1882 but reverted to the original name before the establishment of the coast artillery post

Fort Scott was a detached lunette constructed in May 1861 to guard the south flank of the defenses of Washington during the American Civil War. It was named for General Winfield Scott, who was then General-in-Chief of the Union Army. An historic marker and a small remnant of the fort are the only evidence of the site of the fort on the grounds of what is now Fort Scott Park in Arlington County, Virginia.

When originally built, the fort had a perimeter of and emplacements for eight guns. Construction of the defense of Alexandria to the west subsequently reduced the importance of the fort.

The fort is designated as a Historic District and is located in the Arlington Ridge community.