Advanced Redoubt Tour: Stop 6

Advanced Redoubt

Quick Facts

Location:

Fort Barrancas Area

Significance:

Civil War; Network to Freedom

Amenities

1 listed

Trailhead

Taking the Fort

This fort could only be taken by means of a siege, or a military operation to surround and defeat an enemy. Weeks of trenching could bring cannon up to point-blank range to pound the walls with solid shot. Debris from the collapsing walls might fill the moat and give access to the fort's interior. A siege took a tremendous amount of time, equipment, and casualties. It might be broken at any time if reinforcements arrived at Advanced Redoubt.