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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1766-1779) - A fort built by the British in 1766 to protect the confluence of Bayou Manchac with the Mississippi. It fell to the Spanish on September 7, 1779 in the first Spanish action against the British during the American Revolutionary War. (Later history of the fort?)
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1766-1779) - A colonial fort built by the British in 1766 to protect the confluence of Bayou Manchac with the Mississippi. It fell to the Spanish on 7 Sep 1779 in the first Spanish action against the British during the American Revolutionary War. (Later history of the fort?)
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* [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Tennessee/_Texts/THM/5/1/Bedfords_Tour/Appendices/H*.html#Fort_Bute] (<I>Tennessee Historical Magazine</I>, Vol. <SPAN CLASS="small">V</SPAN>, No. 1, p128 including Thayer's note and further links)
== Current Status ==
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'''Location:''' Bayou Manchac, Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
 
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'''Sources:'''
* {{Roberts}}, page 332-333.
 
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* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/laflor.html#bute North American Forts - Fort Bute]
* [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Tennessee/_Texts/THM/5/1/Bedfords_Tour/Appendices/H*.html#Fort_Bute] (<I>Tennessee Historical Magazine</I>, Vol. <SPAN CLASS="small">V</SPAN>, No. 1, p128 including Thayer's note and further links)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Fort_Bute Wikipedia]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Fort_Bute Wikipedia]
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Latest revision as of 03:24, 1 May 2020


Fort Bute (1766-1779) - A colonial fort built by the British in 1766 to protect the confluence of Bayou Manchac with the Mississippi. It fell to the Spanish on 7 Sep 1779 in the first Spanish action against the British during the American Revolutionary War. (Later history of the fort?)

Current Status

Unknown


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Location: Bayou Manchac, Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.

Maps & Images

Lat: 30.32361 Long: -91.13694

  • Multi Maps from ACME
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  • Maps from Google
  • Elevation: .....'

Sources:

  • Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 332-333.

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