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I received the following email message from someone who is printing their gggg-grandfather's journal. It covers Fort Myers in the Third Seminole War. This is great, because eyewitness accounts are always valuable for doing research. (Although keep in mind certain points of view, of course.) I will post here when it is available and how to order a copy. I am printing her email here because it is a great promotion for the book. I don't know if she is talking about Fort McRae in Pensacola. There were four brick forts around the entrance to Pensacola and Pensacola Bay: Fort Pickens, Fort McRae, Fort Barrancas, and the North Redoubt. If I had to be stationed at one of those forts, the worst one would be Fort McRae because it would be more isolated from town than the others. It is out on the dry, desolate, barrier island. Pickens was too, but was a large fort and had more of a community around it. Barrancas is within walking distance of the old ship yard, and the north redoubt is hardly worth mentioning. During the Civil War the Union kept Fort Pickens, and thus effectively blockaded Pensacola. Of the four forts that I mentioned, three are open to the public as part of the National Parks under Gulf Shores N.P. Except Fort McRae, of which there is probably nothing left of it. Fort McRae was an odd design which did not survive over time, and fell into the sand.
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On June 22nd, 2009 11:17 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented: Jodie's book The book is out Chris; Long Distance Love 1855-1870 by Jodie Sewall http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/long-distance-love-1855-1870/5556075 Re: Jodie's book Here is the link again. (Was broken the first time I tried.) http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/long-distance-love-1855-1870/5556075 |