ToDo - Bill Thayer

March 9

Today's bunch in alphabetical order . . .

• 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).

• Fort CLARK:
  • in IL, don't think it's Fort Clark (2): "on the Illinois River near the outlet of Peoria Lake" (Illinois in 1818, by Solon J. Buck • Chapter 1 ▸ BITLY/ILBuck1 — Buck a very good authority), confirmed by BITLY/TransIllSHS1903Travels which calls it "Fort Clair, (Clark) on Lake Peoria".
  • in IA, on the Des Moines River, name changed to Fort Dodge, then this Fort Dodge was moved N to Fort Ridgely. . . ("The American Occupation of Iowa, 1833 to 1860 — IaJHP 17:83‑102 (1919)" ▸ BITLY/17IaJHP1Occupation)
  • in NC, Confederate, with a bunch of others, Hamilton, History of North Carolina (BITLY/3CBHHNC2):
    • ". . . defences were begun at Ocracoke Inlet, at Hatteras Inlet and on Roanoke Island. On Beacon Island at Ocracoke, Fort Morgan was erected and at Hatteras Forts Ellis and Clark. On Roanoke Island were Forts Huger, Blanchard, and Bartow, all on the western side of the island on Croatan Sound, and a battery at Ballast Point on the eastern side commanding the entrance to Manteo or Shallow Bay. Across Croatan Sound, on the mainland was Fort Forrest. At Cobb's Point on the Pasquotank River was another battery. None of these were real forts, the strongest, Fort Ellis, having only twelve smooth-bore 32‑pounders."

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

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

• 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 MITCHELL:
  • the big one is in AL, about 27 references in Cullum, but seems to have been short-lived, dates ranging from 1830 to 1837 only.
  • a single reference to one in KY (near Covington), which seems to be correctly spelled Mitchel with just one L, see BITLY/ZAhFMH

• Fort RICE:
  • in Dak., 11 of them in Cullum, dates range from 1866 to 1878
  • in Texas, 1 in Cullum, date is 1885.

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

• 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).

• 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).

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