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  2. Stockade - Wikipedia

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    The troops or settlers would build a stockade by clearing a space of woodland and using the trees whole or chopped in half, with one end sharpened on each. They would dig a narrow trench around the area, and stand the sharpened logs side-by-side inside it, encircling the perimeter.

  3. Gordon Stockade - Wikipedia

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    The creation of Stockade Lake in 1934 rose the water table under the fort, causing damage to its logs. [27] It was again reconstructed in 1941 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. [28] Historical re-enactments and interpretive events were held at the fort over the years. [25] By 1999, the second replica had again fallen into disrepair. [27]

  4. Fort Machault - Wikipedia

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    La Chauvignerie then requested that Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, an engineer, take over the construction, but de Léry found that tools and other supplies were insufficient, and felt that the location selected for the fort was "disadvantageous." Although the land had been cleared and a large quantity of wood cut and transported to the ...

  5. Fort Basinger (Seminole War Fort) - Wikipedia

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    The sign reads, “Col. Zachary Taylor had Fort Basinger built in 1837, during the Seminole Wars, on the Kissimmee River 17 miles above its mouth. It was a small stockade which served as a temporary fort and supply station on the line of forts extending from Tampa to Lake Okeechobee.

  6. Fort Madison (Alabama) - Wikipedia

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    Fort Madison was a stockade fort built in August 1813 in present-day Clarke County, Alabama (then Mississippi Territory), during the Creek War, which was part of the larger War of 1812. The fort was built by the United States military in response to attacks by Creek warriors on encroaching American settlers.

  7. Fort Claiborne - Wikipedia

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    Claiborne began building a fort on Weatherford's Bluff in November 1813 and named it Fort Claiborne. Fort Claiborne consisted of a 200-square foot stockade with three blockhouses and a half-moon battery and was completed by the end of the month. [2] The battery faced the Alabama River so as to protect the fort from an amphibious assault. [3]