Yellow Bluff Fort

Yellow Bluff Fort (1862-1865) - First established as a Confederate Earthworks Fort during the U.S. Civil War. Abandoned in 1865.

Yellow Bluff Fort Monument

Yellow Bluff Fort Cannon

Yellow Bluff Fort History

Established in 1862 by Confederate forces to help control the river channel leading into Jacksonville, Florida. On 3 Oct 1862 the Union Army advanced against the sister fortification at St. Johns Bluff Fort finding that fort abandoned. They next advanced on 5 Oct 1862 against Yellow Bluff Fort, also finding it lightly armed and abandoned. The Yellow Bluff Fort had been prepared for seven heavy guns but they had not arrived and the fort was armed with only light field pieces.

Current Status

Period guns in place.

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Location: Yellow Bluff Fort State Historic park, Duval County, Florida. Maps & Images Lat: 30.399683 Long: -81.555928 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 12'

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 213

Links:

• North American Forts - Yellow Bluff Fort
• Explore Southern History - Yellow Bluff Fort

Visited: 17 Jan 2010

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