Fort Pickens

American  

noun

1. a fort in NW Florida, at the entrance to Pensacola Bay: occupied by Union forces throughout the Civil War.

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Fort Pickens

Ward, who did similar work at Fort Pickens, said Battery San Antonio actually appears to be in better shape, even though it was built about a half century earlier.

From Washington Times ● May 11, 2018

“Jupiter Lighthouse, Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West, Fort Jefferson and Fort Pickens in Pensacola - all of these places are threatened.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2017

“Jupiter Lighthouse, Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West, Fort Jefferson and Fort Pickens in Pensacola — all of these places are threatened.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2017

Surge impacts also have been seen at Fort Pickens on the northern Gulf coast and the nearby Gulf Island National Seashore.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2017

Communication by sea was not entirely precluded, however, in the case of Fort Pickens; the garrison had been strengthened, and a fleet of Federal men-of-war was lying outside of the harbor.

From The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis