In this map based on an 1861 sketch of Pensacola Bay defenses, Fort McRee can be seen at left.
Fort McRee was a historic military fort constructed by the United States on the eastern tip of Perdido Key to defend Pensacola and its important natural harbor. In the defense of Pensacola Bay, Fort McRee was accompanied by Fort Pickens, located across Pensacola Pass on Santa Rosa Island, and Fort Barrancas, located across Pensacola Bay on the grounds of what is now Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola.[1][2] Fort Pickens was the largest of these. Very little remains of Fort McRee today.
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^Coleman, James C. (1988). Fort McRee, The Castle Built on Sand. Pensacola Historical Society.
FortMcRee was a historic military fort constructed by the United States on the eastern tip of Perdido Key to defend Pensacola and its important natural...
Construction began in 1831 on FortMcRee at the eastern end of the island, as part of the defenses for Pensacola Bay. The fort was damaged in the Civil War...
troops. Fort Pickens was the largest of a group of fortifications designed to defend Pensacola Harbor. It supplemented Fort Barrancas, FortMcRee, and the...
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Infantry Regiment. His first notable action was to command the defense of FortMcRee, guarding Pensacola harbor, during the bombardment of November 22, 1861...
troops landed east of Fort Pickens but was repelled by Union forces. FortMcRee and Fort Barrancas exchanged heavy cannon fire with Fort Pickens on November...
on the mainland, Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island, and FortMcRee of Foster's Bank (now the eastern end of Perdido Key). FortMcRee was damaged in the...
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engineered by William McRee who had just graduated from West Point. During the American Civil War, it became one of three Confederate forts that defended Savannah...
at FortMcRee, which sat at the entrance to Pensacola Bay, Florida, opposite the Federal-held Fort Pickens. By the time the 33rd arrived, Ft. McRee had...
pounds (9,100 kg) of gunpowder at FortMcRee. He then spiked the guns at Fort Barrancas and moved his force to Fort Pickens. Braxton Bragg commanded the...
construction of Fort Pickens in 1834 at the western end of Santa Rosa Island; completed FortMcRee in 1839, and completed redesign and expansion of Fort Barrancas...
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The area was formerly a separate islet known as Foster's Bank, where FortMcRee was built. "National Register Information System". National Register of...
President of the United States in 1860 and culminating in the capture of Fort Sumter in April 1861. Scholars have identified many different causes for...
1861-1865 – via FamilySearch. Horres, C. Russell (2001). "An Affair of Honor at Fort Sumter". South Carolina Historical Magazine. 102 (1). Charleston: South Carolina...
overall command of General Braxton Bragg. When the Confederates abandoned FortMcRee after the Battle of Pensacola, Colonel Thomas H. Jones of the 27th Regiment...
Districts of North Carolina. Captain Griffith John McRee became the namesake for the 1836 Union FortMcRee in Pensacola Florida. Other known captains included:...
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