Completely destroyed except for the Officer’s Quarters building.
Site history
Built
1838
Built by
United States Army
In use
1838-1843 - Second Seminole War. (Abandoned in the 1880s.)
Materials
Pine logs (stockade and blockhouses), and wood framed buildings.
Fate
Abandoned in the 1880s.
Events
Fort Shannon was built in 1838 as a main supply depot for the U.S. Army. It also served as headquarters for the St. Johns district during the Second Seminole War.
Garrison information
Past commanders
Colonel William J. Worth
Garrison
Regular army troops and militiamen.
The Indian Removal Act provoked many Seminole Indians and their allies to revolt against being forcibly relocated from their lands and homes in the Florida Territory to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. After the Dade Massacre on 28 December 1835, the Second Seminole War was escalated with armed skirmishes and guerilla warfare. Early in the Second Seminole War, the strategically located town of Palatka, Florida Territory was attacked and burned by a group of Seminole Indians and their allies. Most surviving white settlers and black slaves fled to St. Augustine for safety, and the area was mostly abandoned except for free roaming groups of Seminole Indians and their allies. Realizing the importance of a militarily protected and efficient supply line along the St. Johns River General Walker Keith Armistead ordered the main depot moved from Garey's Ferry on Black Creek to Palatka where the U.S. Army built Fort Shannon. [1][2][3]
^Mahon, John K. History of the Second Seminole War. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press. 1967. pp. 263, 279, 282.
^Andrews, Mark. Mosquito Roarers militia saw action in battles of Second Seminole War. Orlando Sentinel. 21 July 1996. p. K2.
^Andrews, Mark. Forts Played Role in Florida History. Orlando Sentinel. 11 August 1991. pp. K1, K4.
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