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Fort Jefferson, Population
| Date(s) of Letter(s) | Schmidt, Lewis
G. The Civil War in Florida: A Military History. Volume III: Florida's Keys and
Fevers. Allentown, Pennsylvania: L. G. Schmidt, 1989. |
| March 6, 1862 |
Fort Jefferson was at this time the principal depot for distribution of rations and munitions of war to the forts and military posts located in the southeast -- on both the Atlantic Coast and within the Gulf of Mexico. Stationed at the fort prior to the arrival of the 7th New Hampshire were Company M of the 1st US Artillery and Companies B, I, & K of the 6th New York, Billy Wilson's Zouaves. pp. 167-168. |