Fort Monroe - A historical marker explaining that while General Benjamin Butler was stationed here at Fort Monroe during the Civil War, it became known as "Freedom's Fortress" because General Butler put out a decree that any escaped slave that made it here to Fort Monroe would be given protection here at the fort.

A historical marker explaining that while General Benjamin Butler was stationed here at Fort Monroe during the Civil War, it became known as "Freedom's Fortress" because General Butler put out a decree that any escaped slave that made it here to Fort Monroe would be given protection here at the fort.