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| {{SocialNetworks}} | | '''Fort Wiki is remarkably mainly the work of a single man, John Stanton. He has now passed on the site to the [https://cdsg.org Coast Defence Study Group]. The [https://warlike.info Warlike] website has much more about fortifications worldwide.''' |
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| FortWiki.com is dedicated to documenting the historical [[Forts|forts, camps and stations]] that provided security and protection for the United States and Canada. | | <center> |
| | FortWiki.com is dedicated to documenting the historical [[Forts]] that provided security and protection for the U.S. and Canada. |
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| The goal is to combine the known public information about the forts, stations and batteries with detailed information from individual family histories and genealogies that may not be public. These histories and genealogies are rich with details about ancestors who lived, worked and fought at these forts and stations.
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| ==New and Updated Forts and Camps==
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| [[Fort Oglethorpe (2)|Fort Oglethorpe (2), GA]];
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| [[Fort Kaskaskia|Fort Kaskaskia, IL]];
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| [[Fort de Chartres|Fort de Chartres, IL]]
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| [[Fort Massac|Fort Massac, IL]];
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| [[St. Louis Arsenal|St. Louis Arsenal, MO]];
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| [[Fort Zumwalt|Fort Zumwalt, MO]];
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| [[Jefferson Barracks|Jefferson Barracks, MO]];
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| [[Fort Osage|Fort Osage, MO]];
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| [[Fort Bellefontaine|Fort Bellefontaine, MO]];
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| [[Fort Sanders|Fort Sanders, WY]];
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| [[Fort Casper|Fort Casper, WY]];
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| [[Fort Logan|Fort Logan, MT]];
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| [[Fort William Henry Harrison|Fort William Henry Harrison, MT]];
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| [[Fort Lemhi|Fort Lemhi, ID]];
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| [[Fort Russell|Fort Russell, ID]];
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| [[Fort Sherman|Fort Sherman, ID]];
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| [[Fort Shaw|Fort Shaw, MT]];
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| [[Fort Missoula|Fort Missoula, MT]];
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| [[Fort Maginnis|Fort Maginnis, MT]];
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| [[Fort Fizzle|Fort Fizzle, MT]];
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| [[Fort Alexander|Fort Alexander, MT]];
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| [[Fort Cass|Fort Cass, MT]];
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| [[Fort Connah|Fort Connah, MT]];
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| [[Fort Raymond|Fort Raymond, MT]];
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| [[Fort Henry (1)|Fort Henry (1), MT]];
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| [[Fort Scarpy (1)|Fort Scarpy (1), MT]];
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| [[Fort Scarpy (2)|Fort Scarpy (2), MT]];
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| [[Fort Gilbert|Fort Gilbert, MT]];
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| [[Fort Browning|Fort Browning, MT]];
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| [[Fort Belknap (1)|Fort Belknap (1), MT]];
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| [[Fort Campbell|Fort Campbell, MT]];
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| [[Fort Jackson|Fort Jackson, MT]];
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| [[Fort Girardeau|Fort Girardeau, MO]];
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| [[Fort Pierre (1)|Fort Pierre (1), SD]];
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| [[Fort Tecumseh|Fort Tecumseh, SD]];
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| [[Fort Randall|Fort Randall, SD]];
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| [[Fort Sisseton|Fort Sisseton, SD]];
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| [[Fort Meade|Fort Meade, SD]];
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| [[Fort Thompson|Fort Thompson, SD]];
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| [[Fort Sully (1)|Fort Sully (1), SD]];
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| [[Fort Sully (2)|Fort Sully (2), SD]];
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| [[Fort Bennett (2)|Fort Bennett (2), SD]];
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| [[Fort George (2)|Fort George (2), SD]];
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| [[Fort Whitman|Fort Whitman, WA]];
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| [[Fort Ward (2)|Fort Ward (2), WA]];
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| [[Fort Tejon|Fort Tejon, CA]];
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| [[Fort Stanton|Fort Stanton, NM]];
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| [[Fort Craig|Fort Craig, NM]];
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| [[Fort Selden (2)|Fort Selden (2), NM]];
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| [[Fort Frederica|Fort Frederica, GA]];
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| [[Fort Jefferson|Fort Jefferson, FL]];
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| [[Camp Shelby|Camp Shelby, MS]];
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| [[Yellow Bluff Fort|Yellow Bluff Fort, FL]];
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| [[Fort Caroline|Fort Caroline, FL]];
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| [[Fort Mose|Fort Mose, FL]];
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| [[Castillo de San Marcos|Castillo de San Marcos, FL]];
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| [[Fort Matanzas|Fort Matanzas; FL]];
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| [[Fort Gadsden|Fort Gadsden, FL]];
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| [[Fort Ann|Fort Ann, FL]];
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| [[Fort Christmas|Fort Christmas, FL]];
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| [[Fort McNeil|Fort McNeil, FL]];
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| [[Fort Maitland|Fort Maitland, FL]];
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| [[Fort Gatlin|Fort Gatlin, FL]];
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| [[Fort Jupiter|Fort Jupiter, FL]];
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| [[Fort Lane (2)|Fort Lane (2), FL]];
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| [[Fort Mellon|Fort Mellon, FL]];
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| [[Fort Reid|Fort Reid, FL]];
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| [[Fort Pierce|Fort Pierce, FL]];
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| [[Fort Kingsbury|Fort Kingsbury, FL]];
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| [[Fort Caswell|Fort Caswell; NC]];
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| [[New or Updated Forts and Camps|(more...)]]
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| ==New and Updated Batteries==
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| [[Battery Harrison (2)|Battery Harrison (2), WA]];
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| [[Battery Mitchell|Battery Mitchell, WA]];
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| [[Battery Warner|Battery Warner, WA]];
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| [[Battery Nash|Battery Nash, WA]];
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| [[Battery Thornburgh|Battery Thornburgh, WA]];
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| [[Battery Townsley|Battery Townsley, CA]];
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| [[Battery Butler|Battery Butler; SC]];
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| [[Battery Capron|Battery Capron, SC]];
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| [[Battery AMTB 2A - Sullivans Island|Battery AMTB 2A - Sullivans Island, SC]];
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| [[Battery Lord|Battery Lord, SC]];
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| [[Battery Bingham|Battery Bingham, SC]];
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| [[Battery Logan|Battery Logan, SC]];
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| [[Battery Thompson|Battery Thompson, SC]];
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| [[Battery Jasper|Battery Jasper, SC]];
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| [[Battery Gadsden|Battery Gadsen, SC]];
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| [[Battery Vinton|Battery Vinton, WA]];
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| [[Battery McIntosh|Battery McIntosh, FL]];
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| [[Battery Caswell|Battery Caswell, NC]];
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| [[Battery Madison (1)|Battery Madison (1), NC]];
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| [[Battery Madison (2)|Battery Madison (2), NC]];
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| [[Battery Swift|Battery Swift, NC]];
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| [[Battery Bagley|Battery Bagley, NC]];
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| [[Battery Shipp|Battery Shipp, NC]];
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| [[Battery McKavett|Battery McKavett; NC]];
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| [[Battery McDonough (1)|Battery McDonough (1), NC]];
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| [[Battery McDonough (2)|Battery McDonough (2), NC]];
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| [[Battery Payne|Battery Payne, FL]];
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| [[Battery Trueman|Battery Trueman, FL]];
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| [[Battery Worth|Battery Worth, FL]];
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| [[Battery Gardiner|Battery Gardiner, FL]];
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| [[Battery Ford|Battery Ford, FL]];
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| [[Battery Dilworth|Battery Dilworth, FL]];
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| [[Battery Inman|Battery Inman FL]];
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| [[Battery De Kalb|Battery De Kalb, FL]];
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| [[Battery Seminole|Battery Seminole, FL]];
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| [[Battery Adair|Battery Adair, FL]];
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| [[Battery Covington|Battery Covington, FL]];
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| [[Battery De Leon|Battery De Leon, FL]];
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| [[Battery Osceola|Battery Osceola, FL]];
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| [[Battery Bigelow|Battery Bigelow, FL]];
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| [[Battery Laidley|Battery Laidley, FL]];
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| [[Battery Langdon|Battery Langdon, FL]];
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| [[Battery GPF|Battery GPF, FL]];
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| [[Battery Cooper|Battery Cooper, FL]];
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| [[Battery Ransom|Battery Ransom, LA]];
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| [[New and Updated Batteries|(more...)]]
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| == Battery Construction Number(BCN) Batteries == | |
| [[Battery 126|Battery 126, CA]];
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| [[Battery 127|Battery 127, CA]]; | |
| [[Battery 128|Battery 128, CA]];
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| [[Battery 129|Battery 129, CA]];
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| [[Battery 131|Battery 131, WA]];
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| [[Battery 230|Battery 230, SC]];
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| [[Battery 231|Battery 231, FL]];
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| [[Battery 232|Battery 232, FL]];
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| [[Battery 233|Battery 233, FL]];
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| [[Battery 234|Battery 234, FL]];
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| [[Battery 235|Battery 235, TX]];
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| [[Battery 236|Battery 236, TX]];
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| [[Battery 237|Battery 237, CA]];
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| [[Battery 238|Battery 238, CA]];
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| [[Battery 239|Battery 239, CA]];
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| [[Battery 240|Battery 240, CA]];
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| [[Battery 241|Battery 241, CA]];
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| [[Battery 242|Battery 242, CA]];
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| [[Battery 243|Battery 243, CA]];
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| [[Battery 244|Battery 244, CA]];
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| [[Battery Construction Number(BCN) Batteries|(more...)]]
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| ==New and Updated Barracks==
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| [[Key West Barracks|Key West Barracks, FL]];
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| [[Jackson Barracks|Jackson Barracks, LA]];
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| [[Benicia Barracks|Benicia Barracks, CA]];
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| [[vancouver Barracks|Vancouver Barracks, WA]];
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| [[Jefferson Barracks|Jefferson Barracks, MO]];
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| [[Boise Barracks|Boise Barracks, ID]]
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| ==New & Updated [[:Category:People|People]]== | |
| [[Benjamin L.E. Bonneville]],
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| [[Braxton Bragg]],
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| [[Edward J. Steptoe]],
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| [[Edmund P. Gaines]],
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| [[John B. Todd]],
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| [[Eleazar W. Ripley]],
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| [[Louis L. Duportail]],
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| [[Patrick Henry O'Rorke]],
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| [[August_V._Kautz]],
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| [[Frederick T. Dent]],
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| [[Christopher C. Auger]],
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| [[DeLancey Floyd-Jones]],
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| [[William T. Sherman]],
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| [[Winfield Scott]],
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| [[William B. Hazen]],
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| [[John E. Wool]]
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| We have established a [http://usforting.com USForting.com Blog] to help us describe our visits to forts and batteries. We hope that these descriptions will help others and make visits easier and more productive. Everyone is invited to participate so, if you want to blog about your fort visits, contact me and I will establish an author login for you. [[User:John Stanton|John]]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2010/08/29/fort-hancock/ Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook NJ]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2010/05/25/fort-george-wright-spokane-washington/ Fort George Wright in Spokane Washington]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2010/05/22/fort-harrison-fort-logan-montana/ Fort William Henry Harrison and Fort Logan in Montana]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2010/04/27/coast-defense-study-group-cdsg-2010-conference-wrapup/ Coast Defense Study Group (CDSG) 2010 Conference Wrapup]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2010/04/21/fort-whitman-on-goat-island-cdsg-2010/ Fort Whitman on Goat Island CDSG-2010]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2010/04/11/fort-moultrie/ Fort Moultrie - Sullivan’s Island SC]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2010/03/24/fort-caswell-north-carolina/ Fort Caswell]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2010/02/23/fort-pulaski/ Fort Pulaski]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2010/01/22/cdsg-2010-conference/ CDSG 2010 Conference]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2010/01/10/fort-zachary-taylor-at-key-west-florida/ Fort Zachary Taylor at Key West Florida]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2009/12/14/galveston-harbor-defenses/ Galveston Harbor Defenses]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2009/11/03/arizonas-fort-bowie/ Arizona's Fort Bowie]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2009/10/13/fort-boise-visits/ Fort Boise Visits]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2009/09/22/fort-stevens-gun-update/ Fort Stevens Gun Update]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2009/09/15/california-military-museum/ California Military Museum]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2009/09/12/fort-barry-and-fort-cronkhite-on-the-marin-headlands/ Fort Barry and Fort Cronkhite on the Marin Headlands]
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| * [http://usforting.com/2009/09/08/fort-umpqua-rope-cutting-and-birthday-party/ Fort Umpqua Rope Cutting & Birthday Party]
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| * [[Recent Blog Posts|(more...)]]
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