The first major stronghold, Camp Reynolds, was completed in 1864 as a defense against a naval raid by Confederate forces, a threat that never materialized. Angel Island then served as a staging ...

Military presence on Angel Island dates to the Civil War-era at Camp Reynolds. Many buildings surrounding the old parade grounds have survived and some have been restored. The East Garrison of ...

The first major stronghold, Camp Reynolds, was completed in 1864 as a defense against a naval raid by Confederate forces—a threat that never materialized. Angel Island then served as a staging ...

Alamy Camp Reynolds, located on the island, dates to the 1860s and is the nation's oldest standing group of US Civil War buildings (Credit: Alamy) The Coast Miwok used Angel Island as a base to ...

Angel Island sits just a 30-minute ferry ride from ... of the original pilings are still visible. The Bakehouse at Camp Reynolds is one of the oldest buildings on the island; arrange a tour ...

I’m standing on the edge of a point on Angel Island, looking out at San ... we turned off the Perimeter Road above Camp Reynolds, where the Coast Miwok once established camps to hunt and fish ...

During the third year of the Civil War, the Army decided to reinforce Angel Island. Twenty guns were installed on the island, and the construction of Camp Reynolds began on the west side of the ...

George Andrews, the first commanding officer at the island’s Camp Reynolds during the Civil War ... she was recently awarded the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation’s Spirit of ...

Angel Island wasn’t always open to the public ... The army built a base there, Camp Reynolds, in 1863 to help defend against Confederate sympathizers. In the late 1800s, the island housed ...