The subject of Saturday's post was Gen. Wiley Thompson who was killed by Seminole leader Osceola at Fort King, Florida.
From Wikipedia.
Fort King, also called Camp king or Cantonment King, is located in north central Florida near the present-day city of Ocala. It was named for Colonel William King, commander of Florida's 4th Infantry, the first governor of Provisional West Florida.
The fort was built in 1827 as tensions between settlers and the Seminoles in Florida intensified and it became an important base for the Army's removal of the Seminoles in the 1830s. In 1844, it served as the courthouse for the newly formed Marion County.
When the Army left, it was taken apart by locals for use as building materials.
The site is now a National Historic Landmark and is located by the corner of East Fort King Street and 39th Avenue inOcala. No visible signs of the fort remain.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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