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Fort Claiborne
Perdue Hill, Alabama in United States
Historic marker for Fort Claiborne
Fort Claiborne is located in Alabama
Fort Claiborne
Fort Claiborne
Fort Claiborne is located in the United States
Fort Claiborne
Fort Claiborne
Coordinates31°32′28″N 87°30′46″W / 31.54111°N 87.51278°W / 31.54111; -87.51278
TypeStockade fort
Site information
OwnerPrivate
Controlled byPrivate
Open to
the public
No
Site history
Built1813
Built byUnited States Army
In use1813-1816
Battles/warsCreek War

Fort Claiborne was a stockade fort built in 1813 in present-day Monroe County, Alabama during the Creek War.[1]

  1. ^ Bunn & Williams 2008, pp. 40.

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