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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1766-1779) - A colonial fort built by the British in 1766 to protect the confluence of Bayou Manchac with the Mississippi. It fell to the Spanish on 7 Sep 1779 in the first Spanish action against the British during the American Revolutionary War. (Later history of the fort?) | |||
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(F) 30.32361, -91.13694, Fort Bute | |||
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'''Location:''' Bayou Manchac, Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. | |||
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* Elevation: .....' | |||
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'''Sources:''' | |||
* {{Roberts}}, page 332-333. | |||
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* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/laflor.html#bute North American Forts - Fort Bute] | |||
* [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Tennessee/_Texts/THM/5/1/Bedfords_Tour/Appendices/H*.html#Fort_Bute] (<I>Tennessee Historical Magazine</I>, Vol. <SPAN CLASS="small">V</SPAN>, No. 1, p128 including Thayer's note and further links) | * [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Tennessee/_Texts/THM/5/1/Bedfords_Tour/Appendices/H*.html#Fort_Bute] (<I>Tennessee Historical Magazine</I>, Vol. <SPAN CLASS="small">V</SPAN>, No. 1, p128 including Thayer's note and further links) | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Fort_Bute Wikipedia] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Fort_Bute Wikipedia] | ||
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Fort Bute (1766-1779) - A colonial fort built by the British in 1766 to protect the confluence of Bayou Manchac with the Mississippi. It fell to the Spanish on 7 Sep 1779 in the first Spanish action against the British during the American Revolutionary War. (Later history of the fort?) Current StatusUnknown
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