Tue Dec 03, 2013 12:12 pm
Fort Erie, Fort Pulaski, partially Fort Moultrie, a Fort up in Maine, Fort McHenry, Partially Fort Stevens, some western forts that were preserved, Alcatraz Fortress, Fort Pickens, Partially Castle Pinckney, Fort Zachary, and Fort Jefferson survived until the present century. (I've been to them all!) I can't recall the name of the Maine one.
“In my opinion, Colonel Miles was a drunkard, a coward and a traitor, and if I had the power I would have had the United States buttons taken from his coat.”
Elble, Sigmund-Soldier with the 3rd U.S. Infantry
Elble, an officer on the frontier who knew Miles well