America's Fortress : A History of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida /

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"America's Fortress is the history of a little-known military outpost and prison that has stood at the western extreme of the Florida Keys for over 150 years. Once known as the "American Gibraltar," Fort Jefferson on Garden Key was the most heavily armed coastal defense fort in U...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reid, Thomas, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2006.
Series:Florida history and culture series.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Fortification > Florida > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Fortification.
Fort Jefferson (Fla.) > History > 19th century.
Florida.
Florida > Fort Jefferson.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Defender of a young America : 1824-1859
  • 2. A union threatened and the outbreak of war : 1860-1861
  • 3. Bad rations and boredom in paradise : 1862
  • 4. Construction, convicts, and the Pennsylvania volunteers : 1863
  • 5. War's end and the arrival of the conspirators : 1864-1865
  • 6. The nation's most notorious prison : 1866-1868
  • 7. The fortress abandoned : 1869-1874
  • App. A. Fort Jefferson's superintending engineers
  • App. B. Fort Jefferson's commanding officers.

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