Inland forts we have visited:

Fort Casper (Casper, WY).  Rebuilt reproduction.  A small fort and supply depot near the North Platte River.  The Oregon, California and Mormon Trails as well as the Pony Express traveled past this fort.  Pioneers resupplies. http://www.casperwy.gov/ParksRecreationandEntertainment/ConcertsCulturalPastimes/FortCasparMuseum/tabid/188/Default.aspx

Fort Ticonderoga (Upper End Lake George, NY) Original.  http://www.fortticonderoga.org

Fort William Henry (Lake George, NY).  Reproduction. http://www.fwhmuseum.com/

Coastal forts:

Fort Zachary Taylor (Key West, FL). Original.  This is one of my favorites.  We have participated in several garrison Civil War events.   It was named after President Zachary Taylor.  Naming forts in this series after Presidents had become the custom.  It was begun in               the 1850’s. Irish and German immigrants were the primary builders.  It was finished in 1866.  It was three stories high.  Never held by the Confederacy (a huge error on their part!).  It was taken at the beginning of the Civil War by the local Federal garrison and held.  The Confederates thought that it was good for nothing.  Wrong!  It became the extremely important southern-most supply depot for the Yankees.  It was also a great place to bring captured blockade runners.  Steve has been through its underground system of paths.  During the Spanish American War the top two stories were taken off as it was thought to be too much of a target for the Spanish in Cuba.  It is the largest US repository for Civil War cannon which were thought to be useless and were mixed with cement and buried.

www.floridastateparks.org/forttaylor

http://www.fortzacharytaylor.com/history.html

All these forts are original…some in need of a lot of repair.

Fort Clinch (FL) http://www.floridastateparks.org/fortclinch

Fort Massachusetts—Trivia question—Where is this fort located?

Fort Adams (RI) http://www.riparks.com/fortadams.htm

Fort Sumter (SC) http://www.nps.gov/fosu/index.htm

Fort Pulaski (GA) http://www.nps.gov/fopu/index.htm

Fort DeSoto (FL) http://www.pinellascounty.org/park/05_ft_desoto.htm

Fort Tabor (MA) http://www.forttaber.org/

Fort Barrancas (FL) Spanish word for bluffs www.nps.gov/guis/planyourvisit/fort-barrancas.htm

Fort Pike (LA) http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/ifortpike.aspx

Fort Jackson (LA) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Jackson,_Louisiana

Fort Gaines (AL) http://www.dauphinisland.org/fort.htm

Eventually, I will write about each individually.

TA:  Ship Island, Mississippi.  Named by Union forces during the Civil War after the supply ship USS Massachusetts.