Fort Huger is a historic archaeological site located near Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia.

It was named for Major General Benjamin Huger, commander of the Confederate States Army's Department of Norfolk at the time it was built.

Fort Huger was an integral part of the Confederate Army's James River defenses in late summer 1861 through spring 1862.

[1] Fort Huger's site on Harden's Bluff (or Hardin's/Hardy's Point)[4] was selected by Virginia's state engineer Colonel Andrew Talcott in August 1861 to supplement Fort Boykin, also on the south bank of the James, and the Mulberry Point battery on the north bank.

Generals John B. Magruder and Robert E. Lee wrote letters to address this confusion, essentially placing Archer in overall command and De Lagnel in charge of the artillery.

The warships included USS Galena, Aroostook, and Port Royal under Commander John Rodgers as part of the Peninsula campaign, an unsuccessful Union offensive from Fort Monroe to Richmond.

[7] The Union ran low on ammunition firing against Fort Huger and withdrew, but returned on the 16th reinforced by the ironclads USS Monitor and USRC Naugatuck.