Fort Gardiner
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Fort Gardiner was a stockaded fortification with two blockhouses that was built in 1837 by the United States Army. It was one of the military outposts created during the Second Seminole War to assist Colonel Zachary Taylor's troops to capture Seminole Indians and their allies in the central part of the Florida Territory that were resisting forced removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River per the Indian Removal Act.[1]
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Fort Gardiner | |
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Historically misspelled as Fort Gardner. | |
Fort Gardiner was located on the Kissimmee River near the north bank of Kissimmee Lake in present-day Polk County, Florida. in United States | |
Coordinates | 27°54′17″N 81°35′3″W |
Site information | |
Condition | Completely destroyed. |
Site history | |
Built | 1837 |
Built by | United States Army |
In use | 1837-1842 |
Materials | Pine log stockade and blockhouses. |
Fate | Abandoned in 1842 and burnt to the ground. |
Battles/wars | Battle of Lake Okeechobee |
Events | Fort Gardiner was built as a communications and supply garrison, but after the Battle of Okeechobee it was temporarily utilized as a hospital. |
Garrison information | |
Past commanders | Colonel Zachary Taylor |
Garrison | Regular army troops and militiamen. |
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