Fort Defiance

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Fort Defiance (1861-1865) - First established in 1861 as Camp Prentiss, a Union supply depot at Cairo, Illinois. Named after Union General Benjamin Prentiss. Renamed Fort Defiance. Abandoned in 1865.

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Fort Defiance Park U.S. Grant Statue

Fort DefianceState Park Entrance (Closed for Cleanup) History Fort Defiance was strategically located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Union General Ulysses S. Grant assembled his army here in late 1861. Current Status Now Fort Defiance State Park, currently closed for cleanup from flooding (June 2010). Loading map... Location: Fort Defiance State Park, Alexander County, Illinois. Lat: 36.986441 Long: -89.145904 Elevation: 279' Bing, Google Sources: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 261 Links: North American Forts - Fort Defiance Wikipedia - Fort Defiance Historical Marker Database - Cairo Gallery Fort Defiance Confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers Related Loading map... 2010 Forts Visited, Camp Prentiss, Fort Defiance, Ulysses S. Grant,