Fort Stoddert

Fort Stoddert (1799-1814) - A Federal Fort first established in 1799 in Mobile County, Alabama. Named Fort Stoddert after Benjamin Stoddert, Secretary of the Navy (1798-1801). Abandoned in 1814. Also known as Fort Stoddart and Fort Stoddard.

History of Fort Stoddert

Established in 1799 by Captain Bartholomew Schaumburgh, 2nd U.S. Infantry as a stockaded fort with blockhouses at all four corners. The fort was located at the western end of the Federal Road from Fort Wilkinson in Georgia.

Aaron Burr was held prisoner here for several days after his capture in 1807 for treason against the United States. Burr, who was disguised as a river boatman, was arrested by the fort commander Lieutenant Edmund P. Gaines.

During the Creek Indian War General Ferdinand L. Claiborne posted his Mississippi Militia to the fort and distributed troops to the many settler forts in the area. He moved his headquarters in 1814 and Fort Stoddard was abandoned.

Current Status

Marker only in Mobile County, Alabama.

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USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 169330

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Location: Mobile County, Alabama. Maps & Images Lat: 31.0998991 Long: -87.979165 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 49'

See Also:

• Creek Indian War

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 16

Links:

• North American Forts - Fort Stoddert
• The War of 1812 by Francis F. Beirne, Chapter 20
• Wikipedia - Fort Stoddert
• Creek War - Fort Stoddert
• Waymarking.com - Fort Stoddert

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