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== Fort Tongness History == | == Fort Tongness History == | ||
Established | Established 29 Apr 1868 by Captain [[Charles H. Peirce]] and Battery E of the [[2nd U.S. Artillery]] following the purchase of Alaska by the U.S. in 1867. | ||
Abandoned | Abandoned on 7 Oct 1870 at 4:30 pm per S.O. 102, HQ Division of the Pacific, 3 Aug 1870. The command departed on the steamer Newbern leaving behind the acting assistant surgeon George Chismore on his own responsibility. | ||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
Tongass Island, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska. | Tongass Island, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska. | ||
Revision as of 20:49, 28 December 2013
Fort Tongass (1868-1870) - A U.S. Army fort first established in 1868 on Tongass Island, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska. Abandoned in 1870.
Fort Tongness History
Established 29 Apr 1868 by Captain Charles H. Peirce and Battery E of the 2nd U.S. Artillery following the purchase of Alaska by the U.S. in 1867.
Abandoned on 7 Oct 1870 at 4:30 pm per S.O. 102, HQ Division of the Pacific, 3 Aug 1870. The command departed on the steamer Newbern leaving behind the acting assistant surgeon George Chismore on his own responsibility.
Current Status
Tongass Island, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska.
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1897010
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Location: Tongass Island, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska. Maps & Images Lat: 54.773514 Long: -130.734987 |
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 29
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