Fort Laughlin

Fort Laughlin
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in United States
TypeAmerican Civil War redoubt
Site information
Controlled byUnion Army
Site history
Built1863

Fort Laughlin was a Civil War redoubt, built in 1863 for the defense of Pittsburgh by the employees of Jones and Laughlin Iron Works, and named for James H. Laughlin. It was also known as Fort McKinley or Fort Ormsby.[1][2] It was a circular earthwork on Ormsby's Hill, now part of Arlington Park on Arlington Avenue.[3]40°25′07″N 79°58′30″W / 40.41861°N 79.97500°W / 40.41861; -79.97500[4]

  1. ^ "Greater Pittsburgh Area". North American Forts.
  2. ^ Swetnam, George. "The Forts Nobody Knows." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Pittsburgh Press, May 7, 1961, p.134.
  3. ^ White, Thomas. Forgotten Tales of Pittsburgh: "Pittsburgh's Civil War Forts." Charleston, South Carolina, The History Press, 2010.
  4. ^ Fleming, George T. "Fortifying Pittsburgh in 1863." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Gazette Times, July 1, 1923, sec. 5, p. 2.