Editing Fort Hamilton (section)

===Units===

The following [[Regular Army (United States)|Regular Army]] units were established at Fort Hamilton:
* [[12th Infantry Regiment (United States)|12th Infantry Regiment]]: October 20, 1861
* [[21st Infantry Regiment (United States)|21st Infantry Regiment]]: May 20, 1862
* [[5th Coast Artillery]] Regiment, 1924

In the 1960s, Fort Hamilton also served as the home for the [[Chaplain Corps (United States Army)|United States Army Chaplain]] School as it moved from the recently closed [[Fort Slocum (New York)|Fort Slocum]]. Hundreds of Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard Chaplains and their assistants were trained here for active duty and reserve ministries to soldiers and their dependents. The school was later moved across the Narrows to [[Fort Wadsworth]], and still later to [[Fort Jackson (South Carolina)|Fort Jackson]], South Carolina where it now resides.