Fort Edgecomb stands today, as it has always, on just over three acres at the entrance to Wiscasset harbor.
Fort Edgecomb had 20 to 35 troops stationed here until 1816. These Federal troops had left by the time of the Civil War when, for a . . . — — Map (db m259015) HM
Fort Edgecom's octagonal blockhouse remains as the fort's most prominent feature. Typical of blockhouses, it was designed with openings in the walls through which guns and small cannons could be fired. The shingled exterior is an interesting . . . — — Map (db m259020) HM
Fort Edgecomb was one of four batteries, or forts, built by the US in this area. All had waterfront earthworks that protected four cannons. The map, which looks south from Fort Edgecomb, shows two of the other batteries, one at the mouth of the . . . — — Map (db m259016) HM
