List of forts in Florida
There are several historical forts in the U.S. state of Florida. De Quesada states that there have been more than 300 "camps, batteries, forts and redoubts"[1] in Florida, since European settlement began. More than 80 "blockhouses, forts, camps and stockades"[2] were used at one time or another in Florida, during the Seminole Wars. Most forts were constructed from earth or wood, or both; some incorporate brick or stone. Many were intended to be used for only a short period, and most have effectively disappeared. In some cases, a series of forts with different names were built on or close to the same place.[3]
List of forts
- Battery San Antonio, Pensacola
- Cantonment Clinch, Pensacola
- Castillo de San Marcos (also Fort Marion and Fort St. Mark, now a U.S. National Monument)
- Fort Alabama
- Fort Ann
- Fort Annuttgeliea
- Fort Arbuckle
- Fort Armstrong
- Fort Barker
- Fort Barrancas (also Fort San Carlos de Barrancas)
- Fort Basinger[4]
- Fort Blount[5]
- Fort Brooke
- Fort Butler[6]
- Fort Caroline
- Fort Carroll[7]
- Fort Casey
- Fort Center
- Fort Chokonikla (also Fort Chokkonickla and Fort Chokhonikla, now part of Paynes Creek Historic State Park)
- Fort Christmas – one in a series of four small, short lived forts built along the Saint Johns River during the Seminole Wars. These forts were used to garrison troops and protect supplies during War.[8]
- Fort Clarke, in present-day Gainesville, Second Seminole War[9]
- Fort Clinch
- Fort Coombs[10]
- Fort Cooper
- Fort Crévecoeur (French), First Spanish Period[11]
- Fort Cross, on Cape Sable, Third Seminole War
- Fort Cummings[7]
- Fort Dade (Withlacoochee River), Second Seminole War[12]
- Fort Dade (Egmont Key), Spanish–American War
- Fort Dallas
- Fort De Soto
- Fort Defiance
- Fort Denaud
- Fort Diego
- Fort Drane
- Fort Drum
- Fort Dulany
- Fort Duncan McRee (also Addison Blockhouse), in Tomoka State Park
- Fort Fannin
- Fort Foster
- Fort Fraser
- Fort Gadsden
- Fort Gardiner
- Fort Gatlin
- Fort George
- Fort Green
- Fort Harlee
- Fort Hartsuff
- Fort Harvie
- Fort Heileman
- Fort Homer W. Hesterly[13]
- Fort Hooker
- Fort Houston, in Tallahassee, Civil War
- Fort Jefferson
- Fort Juniper
- Fort Keais
- Fort King
- Fort Kissimmee
- Fort Lane – one in a series of four small, short lived forts built along the Saint Johns River during the Seminole Wars. These forts were used to garrison troops and protect supplies during War.[14]
- Fort Lauderdale
- Fort Lloyd
- Fort Lonesome
- Fort Maitland
- Fort Mason
- Fort Matanzas
- Fort McCoy (formerly Fort MacKay)
- Fort McRee
- Fort Meade
- Fort Mellon – one in a series of four small, short lived forts built along the Saint Johns River during the Seminole Wars. These forts were used to garrison troops and protect supplies during War.[15]
- Fort Mitchell
- Fort Mose
- Fort Myakka
- Fort Myers
- Fort Ogden
- Fort Peyton
- Fort Pickens
- Fort Picolata
- Fort Pierce
- Fort Poinsett, on Cape Sable, Second Seminole War
- Fort Reid[16]
- Fort Russell, on Key Biscayne, Second Seminole War
- Fort St. Andrews
- Fort St. Francis de Pupa
- Fort San Carlos, Fernandina Beach, Second Spanish rule
- Fort San Lucia
- Fort San Luis de Apalachee
- Fort San Marcos de Apalache (also Fort St. Marks)
- Fort San Nicholas
- Fort Scott
- Fort Simmons
- Fort Stansbury
- Fort Starke
- Fort Sullivan
- Fort Taylor – one in a series of four small, short lived forts built along the Saint Johns River during the Seminole Wars. These forts were used to garrison troops and protect supplies during War. This should not be confused with Fort Zachary Taylor (see below), built in Key West, Florida, approximately 280 miles to the Southwest of this Fort Taylor's location. The future President was a Colonel during the Second Seminole War and served in the Florida campaigns at the same time this Fort Taylor was in active operation.[8]
- Fort T.B. Adams
- Fort Thompson
- Fort Tonyn
- Fort Vinton
- Fort Wacahoota
- Fort Walker (also Fort Hogtown), in present-day Gainesville, Second Seminole War[9]
- Fort Walton
- Fort Ward
- Fort Weadman
- Fort White
- Fort William
- Fort Zachary Taylor (also Fort Taylor) – Fort Zachary Taylor should not be confused with the original Florida "Fort Taylor" – entry above, which was built during the Second Seminole War as one of a string of four small, short-lived Forts along the Saint John's River, approximately 280 miles to the Northeast of Key West, Florida. During the Second Seminole War (1835 – 1842) future President Zachary Taylor – for whom this Key West, Florida fort was named – was a Colonel in the US Army, leading troops in the field.[17]
- Martello towers, Key West, Florida
- Presidio Santa Maria de Galve, Pensacola
- Yellow Bluff Fort
See also
Notes
- ^ de Quesada (2006), p. 9
- ^ de Quesada (2006), p. 10
- ^ de Quesada (2006), p 9–10
- ^ "Fort Basinger" at The Historical Marker Database
- ^ "Site of Fort Blount" at The Historical Marker Database
- ^ "Fort Butler" at The Historical Marker Database
- ^ a b Bair, Cinnamon. 11/25/1997. "Fort Carroll Marker Put Back in Place", Lakeland Ledger, F11.
- ^ a b " See map on page 170 for the fort's location
- ^ a b Rajtar (2007), p. 17.
- ^ "Fort Coombs – Franklin Guards" at The Historical Marker Database
- ^ "Fort Crévecoeur" at The Historical Marker Database
- ^ "Fort Dade" at The Historical Marker Database
- ^ "Fort Homer Hesterly Armory" at Tampapix
- ^ " see map on page 170 for the fort's location
- ^ "Fort Mellon and Mellonville" at The Historical Marker Database
- ^ "Fort Reid" at The Historical Marker Database
- ^ Stewart (2005)
References
- de Quesada, Alejandro M. (2006) A History of Florida Forts. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. ISBN 1-59629-104-4
- Rajtar, Steve. (2007) A guide to historic Gainesville. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. ISBN 978-1-59629-217-8
- Stewart, R. W. (2005 and 2009). American military history - Volume 1 - the United States Army and the forging of a nation, 1775 - 1917, second edition (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Center of Military History, United States Army. ISBN 0-16-072362-0 "Map 20" on page 170 of this book shows the location of Florida forts and battles during the Second Seminole War (1835 - 1842).
