Fort Taylor, Key West
Army post, Key West, Florida.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Army post
- Where
- Key West, Florida
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- State historic site
FORT TAYLOR
At midnight on January 13, 1861, Capt. John Milton Brannan moved his 44 men of the 1st U.S. Artillery into Fort Taylor without orders, keeping it out of Confederate hands. The fort became a key outpost against blockade runners.
Then
At midnight on January 13, 1861, Capt. John Milton Brannan moved his 44 men of the 1st U.S. Artillery from Key West Barracks into Fort Taylor without orders, keeping it out of Confederate hands. The fort became a key outpost against blockade runners during the Union blockade.
Now
State historic site
Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park is a Florida state park and National Historic Landmark. Guns and ammunition dug out of the fort in 1968 make up the largest collection of Civil War cannons in the nation.
No railroad in service today runs within 30 miles.