Bienville’s Fort - US 278, Amory, MS
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N 33° 59.149 W 088° 33.185
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Bienville’s Fort historic marker located on US 278, west of Amory, MS
Waymark Code: WM3F1G
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2008
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Bienville’s Fort
On May 22, 1736, a military force commanded by Jean Baptiste Le Moyne De Bienville, Governor of French Louisiana, landed nearby to attack the Chickasaw. A palisade of 600 log post was built near here as a base of operations. Defeated in the Battle of Ackia at Tupelo, Bienville retreated to the fort and to Mobile on May 29.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1987