Ponce DeLeon, Yolanda
Seminole Tribune
02-09-2001
Fort Meade: Post On The Peace River Played Key Role In War

During the Seminole Wars (1817-1858), the United States Army built forts
across the peninsula of Florida. In this exclusive, ongoing Seminole
Tribune series, correspondent Yolanda Ponce De Leon reports on the role
these forts played in the battles that were - in their time - the longest
and most costly military campaigns ever fought by the United States.

By Yolanda Ponce De Leon

FORT MEADE -- On Dec. 13, 1851 just before dusk, Lt. George Gordon Meade
informed Gen. David E. Twiggs he had found ...

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