ToDo - Bill Thayer

March 9

• Around Pensacola: Batteries LINCOLN, CAMERON, and TOTTEN; Battery SCOTT within firing range of Fort McRee. In the Bearss article, "Civil War Operations in and around Pensacola" (BITLY: BearssPensacola).

• Fort BUCHANAN: The big one in Cullum (the only one, actually, referenced 20+ times) is Fort Buchanan, NM. Earliest and latest dates: 1857, 1861.

• There's also a Battery BUCHANAN at . . . Fort Fisher (2), see the detailed account of the battle in Hamilton's History of North Carolina (BITLY/3CBHHNC2).

• A second Fort SANDERS near Knoxville; 3 mentions on my site in connection with the Civil War battle, see Battle of Fort Sanders.

• I find a lone Fort LARNED, Neb. (rather than Kan.) in BITLY/Cullum1808. Mistake in Cullum? Date: 1860‑61.

• Cullum has at least 3 references to a Cantonment MILLER in Minnesota ▸ so it's not Jeff Barracks. All three dates are 1855‑56.

• Fort SUMNER: None of the references in what I have up so far of Cullum is to any of yours. Cullum has about ten references to a Fort SUMNER in New Mexico — not yet one of yours. Also at least 3 to a Camp SUMNER described as "near San Francisco"; and a couple more to a Camp SUMNER always presented as "Ft. Leavenworth (Camp Sumner), Kan." Outside Cullum, my site mentions an "Old Fort Sumner on the Pecos River", which I can't tell where it is (BITLY/Quivira_in_Nebraska).

• 2 HOWARDs not yet FortWikified: BITLY/Cullum1665 a "Camp Howard, I.T."; BITLY/Cullum789 a "Fort Howard, N. M."

• Fort COBB: Cullum has one instance each of a Fort Cobb in Texas and in Colorado.

March 8

• Fort DONELSON of the famous battle. In TN.

• Fort TAYLOR, WA mentioned (in 1858) in BITLY Cullum933

• In BITLY Cullum6284: "Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., student officer at Field Artillery School, Oct. 1, 1919, to July 20, 1920"

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

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• 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: 32, March 9.

• Craney Island Fort - expanding history
• Fort Fisher (2) - expanding history

Completed

• Camp Jackson, I.T. [not the one that became Fort Jackson (4)] is mentioned twice in Cullum in the year 1833: - Added Camp Jackson (2) Link to Fort Gibson
• Fort Union (3) - added
• Camp Atkinson (2) - added
• 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)
• Fort Jackson (4) - added