▁the ▁fort ▁was ▁abandoned , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁destroyed ▁by ▁the ▁enemy . ▁An ▁attack ▁on ▁Fair h aven ▁village ▁itself ▁was ▁rep elled ▁by ▁milit ia ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁Major ▁Israel ▁F ear ing , ▁who ▁had ▁march ed ▁from ▁W are ham , ▁some ▁ ▁away , ▁with ▁additional ▁milit iam en . ▁ ▁F ear ing ' s ▁hero ic ▁action ▁saved ▁Fair h aven ▁from ▁further ▁mol est ation . ▁ ▁The ▁fort ▁was ▁en larg ed ▁before ▁the ▁War ▁of ▁ 1 8 1 2 , ▁and ▁it ▁helped ▁rep el ▁an ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁har bor ▁by ▁British ▁forces . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁morning ▁hours ▁of ▁June ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 1 8 1 4 , ▁landing ▁boats ▁were ▁launched ▁from ▁the ▁British ▁ra ider , ▁HMS ▁N im rod . ▁ ▁Alert ed ▁by ▁the ▁firing ▁of ▁the ▁guns ▁at ▁Fort ▁Phoenix , ▁the ▁milit ia ▁gathered , ▁and ▁the ▁British ▁did ▁not ▁come ▁ash ore . ▁ ▁The ▁fort ▁was ▁de comm ission ed ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 6 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁the ▁site ▁was ▁don ated ▁to ▁the ▁town ▁by ▁Car a ▁Rog ers ▁Br ought on ▁( a ▁daughter ▁of ▁Henry ▁H utt l eston ▁Rog ers ). ▁ ▁Today , ▁the ▁area ▁surrounding ▁the ▁fort ▁includes ▁a ▁park ▁and ▁a ▁bath ing ▁beach . ▁ ▁The ▁fort ▁lies ▁just ▁to ▁the ▁sea ward ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁har bor ' s ▁h urr icane