Fort Ward (Florida)
:''This article deals with Fort Ward, Florida, in the United States. For other Fort Wards, see: Fort Ward (other).'' Fort Ward was a Confederate States of America fort located in Wakulla County, Florida, Wakulla County, Florida, at the confluence of the Wakulla River and St. Marks River and named after George Taliaferro Ward, Colonel George T. Ward, owner of Southwood Plantation, Waverly Plantation (Leon County, Florida), Waverly Plantation, and Clifford Place Plantation south of Tallahassee, Florida, Tallahassee. During the American Civil War, Confederate States Army, Confederate troops placed a artillery battery, battery of cannons at Fort Ward. History The site on which Fort Ward stands was originally a camp site of Spanish Empire, Spanish explorer Pánfilo de Narváez, in 1528, when he ventured north from Tampa, Florida, Tampa. Narváez saw that the area was advantageous in a geographic sense. In 1539, Hernando de Soto (explorer), Hernando de Soto followed with his ...
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Fort Ward (other)
Fort Ward may refer to several former military installations in the United States including: *Fort Ward (Florida) *Fort Ward (Virginia) *Fort Ward (Washington) Fort Ward may also refer to: *Fort Ward, Bainbridge Island, Washington, a town *Fort Ward Park, a former state park in Bainbridge Island, Washington, that came under municipal control in 2011 {{geodis ...
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