Fort Clinch (3)

Fort Clinch (3) (1822-1834) - A U.S. Army post established in 1822 by Bvt. Colonel George M. Brooke, during the First Seminole War, as Cantonment Clinch. Located in present day Brownsville, Escambia County, Florida. Named for Duncan L. Clinch, colonel of the 4th U.S. Infantry which built it. Also known as Camp Galvez Spring and Camp New Hope.

Fort Clinch (3) History

Established in 1822 by nine companies of the 4th U.S. Infantry. The post was built out with troop labor as ten sets of log barracks and ten sets of log officers quarters on opposite sides of a large parade with the commanders quarters at the head.

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Location: Near the south end of present day Keys Court, Brownsville, Escambia County, Florida. Map point is approximate. Maps & Images Lat: 30.417851 Long: -87.262477 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: .....'

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 158

Links:

• North American Forts
• The building of Cantonment Clinch (in A Historical Sketch of the Fourth Infantry from 1796 to 1861, by James A. Leyden, 1891)

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