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Unearthing Florida: Fort Barrancas
In 1862, Fort Barrancas in Pensacola was an important base...
Fort Barrancas
One of three forts designed to protect the United States N...
Fort San Carlos de Barrancas
A National Historic Landmark, Batteria de San Antonio sits...
Results for Fort Barrancas
Unearthing Florida: Fort Barrancas
In 1862, Fort Barrancas in Pensacola was an important base of operations for Union movements into Florida and Alabama, but it was not always controlled by the North.
Just days before Florida joined the Confederacy, state troops seized two of ...
Fort Barrancas
One of three forts designed to protect the United States Navy Yard, Fort Barrancas was completed in 1844 on a bluff overlooking Pensacola Bay. Defenses included two other major separate masonry fortifications.
To protect the fort from attack on the ...
Fort San Carlos de Barrancas
A National Historic Landmark, Batteria de San Antonio sits on a bluff overlooking the entrance to Pensacola Bay. The natural advantages of this location have inspired engineers of three nations to build forts.
The British built the Royal Navy Redoubt ...