America's fortress : a history of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida / Thomas Reid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, Thomas, 1947- author.

Series:

Florida History and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fortification--Florida.

Fortification.

Prisons.

Fort Jefferson (Fla.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2006]

Summary:

The architectural, military, environmental, and political history of a little-known Civil War outpost that was the most heavily armed coastal defense fort in United States history.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

1. Defender of a Young America: 1824-1859

2. A Union Threatened and the Outbreak of War: 1860-1861

3. Bad Rations and Boredom in Paradise: 1862

4. Construction, Convicts, and the Pennsylvania Volunteers: 1863

5. War's End and the Arrival of the Conspirators: 1864-1865

6. The Nation's Most Notorious Prison: 1866-1868

7. The Fortress Abandoned: 1869-1874

Appendix A. Fort Jefferson's Superintending Engineers

Appendix B. Fort Jefferson's Commanding Officers

Notes

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: REID, Thomas America's Fortress

ISBN:

0-8130-7271-9

0-8130-7040-6

OCLC:

1345667277