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== {{PAGENAME}} History == | == {{PAGENAME}} History == | ||
Fort Defiance was strategically located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Union General [[ | Fort Defiance was strategically located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Union General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] assembled his army here in late 1861. | ||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
Now Fort Defiance State Park. | Now Fort Defiance State Park. | ||
Revision as of 17:56, 25 June 2010
Fort Defiance (3) (1861-1865) - First established in 1861 as Camp Prentiss, a Union supply depot at Cairo, Illinois. Named after Union General Benjamin Prentiss. Renamed Fort Defiance. Abandoned in 1865.
Fort Defiance (3) History
Fort Defiance was strategically located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Union General Ulysses S. Grant assembled his army here in late 1861.
Current Status
Now Fort Defiance State Park.
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Location: Fort Defiance State Park, Alexander County, Illinois. Maps & Images Lat: 36.986441 Long: -89.145904 |
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 261
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