ToDo - Bill Thayer

March 8

• Fort DONELSON of the famous battle. In TN.

March 7

• Fort NELSON:
  • in VA part of, or near, the defenses of Norfolk ▸ BITLY: Cullum7, 17, 168, 169, 222, 295
  • in KY not far from Louisville ▸ BITLY: MAELCN5

• Fort PICKERING: at or near Chickasaw Bluffs: longish article (with a Fort PIKE), Bedford's Tour, Appendix E. Note that the 1st "Fort ADAMS" mentioned in that article was the earlier name of that Fort Pickering; it's only the second "Fort Adams" mentioned that is your Fort Adams (3)

• Fort STEPHENSON: War of 1812, someone named Proctor attacked it but failed — BITLY: Cullum17.

• Fort UNION, NM: 125 mentions in Cullum, nearly all of them 1851‑1866, but outliers 1871 and 1886.

March 6

• Fort NASSAU, at least three of them, established by the Dutch:
  • One on Manhattan([HAHR 4:601])
  • another on the Delaware River ([PHMB 33:4]; [Fiske, The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America, Chapter 5, pp129 ff.] (Beaver Road Fort); action by the English, [Fiske, Chapter 6, p141]; [Fiske, Chapter 8, p207]; BITLY: MACPRI 8)
  • another at Albany ([Fiske, The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America, Chapter 4, p93]; [Fiske, Chapter 10, p28])

• Fort FISHER, at least two more: in NC (important battle in 1865) and in VA near Petersburg, involved in action against Lee's last days on the way to Appomattox.

• Forts GREGG (2) — your slot's been prepared — and Forts WELCH and BALDWIN, both VA also very near Petersburg, same action as the preceding. BITLY: 4FREREL4.

• Fort CONGER. Mentioned on my site just once, in connection of course with Arctic exploration. Wickedpedia has an article. BITLY: USNavy24WPT.

March 5

• In [Cullum 614] and [Cullum 888] a Fort Croghan, Iowa is mentioned in 1842‑43; no details.

• In [Cullum 575] and [Cullum 984] a Fort Sandford, IA is mentioned, also in 1842‑43; no details. ▸ This may well be the same as Fort Sanford, for which I have fairly full information onsite at [The Opening of the Des Moines Valley to Settlement, Part 2]; it's also mentioned in [Ch. 12 of Ioway to Iowa] and in passing in [Cullum 839].

• In [Cullum 1318] I find a Fort Ripley, Kan.

• In [Cullum 1139] Fort Gaines is specifically said to be "near Fort Ripley". ▸ ?? <== I think they are the same Fort Gaines was renamed Fort Ripley on 4 Nov 1850.
  • ▸ Then why would he write "Ft. Gaines near Ft. Ripley"?

March 4

• Camp Jackson, I.T. [not the one that became Fort Jackson (4)] is mentioned twice in Cullum in the year 1833: [310], [650],

• Camp Jackson, Mo. probably the same one, appears several times as captured by the Union in 1861.

• I also find a Camp Jackson in Gayarre's History of Louisiana, [(V.11)], in that State during the War of 1812, in connection with Gen. Jackson himself.

• Fort Barnwell in Florida: "was engaged against the Seminole Indians in Defense of Ft. Barnwell (Volusia), Apr. 12, 1836". [11],

On Deck

• Fort Pillow 5 links in Cullum, 3 elsewhere, reloaded. (needs expansion)

In Progress

A systematic check of Cullum, starting with Cullum 1. Last one checked this way: 16.

Completed

• Fort Henry (5), Tennessee: a Confederate fort prominent in the struggle to control the Mississippi, 1862; battle fought there. On being captured by the Union, it was renamed Fort Foote (2). (create pages)