Fort Clinch (3)

Fort Clinch (3) (1822-1834) - A U.S. Army post established in 1822, 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.

Fort Clinch (3) History

Established in 1822 by nine companies of the 4th U.S. Infantry.

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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