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'''Fort McRee''' was a bent elliptical military fort located on [[Foster's Bank]], at the eastern tip of [[Perdido Key]], near [[Pensacola Pass]]. Significantly damaged during the [[Civil War]], the fort was essentially abandoned and left to the the elements. There are little or no remnants of the fort visible today. | '''Fort McRee''' was a bent elliptical military fort located on [[Foster's Bank]], at the eastern tip of [[Perdido Key]], near [[Pensacola Pass]]. Significantly damaged during the [[Civil War]], the fort was essentially abandoned and left to the the elements. There are little or no remnants of the fort visible today. | ||
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− | The fort was designed in [[1829]] by [[Wikipedia:Simon Bernard|Simon Bernard]]. Ironically, the man for whom the fort would be named in [[1840]], Army engineer Colonel [[Wikipedia:William McRee|William McRee]], had resigned his commission in [[1819]] in protest after Bernard was appointed to a high position in the Army Corps of Engineers.<ref name="coleman">Coleman, James C. (1988). Fort McRee, The Castle Built on Sand. Pensacola Historical Society.</ref> | + | The fort was designed in [[1829]] by [[Wikipedia:Simon Bernard|Simon Bernard]]. Ironically, the man for whom the fort would be named in [[1840]], Army engineer Colonel [[Wikipedia:William McRee|William McRee]], had resigned his commission in [[1819]] in protest after Bernard was appointed to a high position in the Army Corps of Engineers.<ref name="coleman">Coleman, James C. (1988). Fort McRee, The Castle Built on Sand. Pensacola Historical Society.</ref> |
− | + | Construction took place between 1834 and 1839, and as was the case with Pensacola's other area forts, was overseen by [[William Henry Chase]]. | |
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− | Construction took place between 1834 and 1839, and as was the case with Pensacola's other area forts, was overseen by [[William Henry Chase]] | ||
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