Fort Clinch State Park - Fernandina Beach, Florida
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gparkes
N 30° 42.199 W 081° 27.210
17R E 456572 N 3396810
Fort Clinch was built before the Civil War. Never truly completed, the construction on the fort stopped along with the end drawing down. The Union Army imported 3.5 million bricks from the north to complete what was done.
Waymark Code: WMAN7B
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2011
Views: 12
The site of Fort Clinch on Amelia Island at the entrance to the St. Marys River and Cumberland Sound has been occupied by various military troops since 1736. Construction of the existing fort was begun in 1847 as part of the Third American System building program, which also included Fort Pulaski further up the coast in Georgia. A pentagonal brick fort with both inner and outer walls, Fort Clinch was a safe haven for blockade runners during the Civil War. Briefly occupied by Confederate forces, its recapture by Federal troops in early 1862 gave the Union control of the adjacent Georgia and Florida coasts. The fort was used in 1898 during the Spanish-American War, but was abandoned until the Civil Conservation Corps (CCC) restored it in the 1930s. A Florida State Park, Fort Clinch is interpreted as the base of Union operations in the area throughout the Civil War.
* Quoted from the National Park Service website: http://www.nps.gov/history/goldcres/sites/ftclinch.htm