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

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America's Fortress A History of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida | 7.8 MB

Title: America's Fortress A History of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida
Author: THOMAS REID
Category: Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Military
Language: English | 176 Pages | ISBN: 9780813072715

Description:
A little-known Civil War outpost that was the most heavily armed coastal defense fort in United States history

Known as the "American Gibraltar," Fort Jefferson, located in the Dry Tortugas, Florida, was the most heavily armed coastal defense fort in United States history. Perceived as the nation's leading maximum-security prison, the fort also held several of the accused conspirators in the Lincoln assassination. America's Fortress is the first book-length, architectural, military, environmental, and political history of this strange and significant Florida landmark. This volume also fills a significant gap in Civil War history with regard to coastal defense strategy, support of the Confederacy blockade, the use of convicted Union soldiers as forced labor, and the treatment of civilian prisoners sentenced by military tribunals. Reid argues that Fort Jefferson's troops faced very different threats and challenges than soldiers who served elsewhere...

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