Fort Moore (2)

Fort Moore (2) (1846-1849) - First established as Fort Hill, a U.S. Marine fort in 1846 during the Mexican War by Captain Archibald H. Gillespie in preset day downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. The Marines were ejected from the site in September 1846 but the U.S. Army returned and established Post at Los Angeles in January 1847. Named Fort Moore on 4 Jul 1847 for Captain Benjamin D. Moore, 1st US Dragoons, who was killed 6 Dec 1846 at the battle of San Pascual in San Diego County. Abandoned in 1849.

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Fort Moore History

The Mexican Pueblo de Los Angeles was taken on 13 Aug 1846 by a combined American force of about 500 men under Navy Commodore Robert F. Stockton and U.S. Army Lt. Colonel John C. Fremont. Commodore Stockton appointed Captain Archibald H. Gillespie commandant of the southern district and left him with a small garrison of 50 men. The original fortification was a rudimentary barricade constructed after the garrison was attacked by local insurgents on 22 Sep 1846. The fortification was positioned on Fort Hill overlooking the Mexican Pueblo de Los Angeles and the Mission Nuestra Senora de los Angeles in an attempt to control the town below. The Marines were subsequently ejected from the site by a superior force of 600 Mexicans on 30 Sep 1846. The fortification erected by Capt. Gillespie was a simple barricade of earth filled sacks with his cannons mounted behind them.

Current Status

Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

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USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1744883

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Location: Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. Maps & Images Lat: 34.05836 Long: -118.24242 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 364'

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 80
• Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2,page 30

Links:

• North American Forts - Fort Moore

Visited: 17 Jan 2013

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