After the War of 1812. the frontier shifted west from Fort Hawkins. U.S. troops then moved to Fort Gaines on the Chattahoochee River and Fort Scott on the lower Flint River. Fort Hawkins continued to be used as a supply depot. The last troops left it in 1819.
By 1828, some of the fort's structures were still there.
During the Civil War, the southeast blockhouse was used as a spotting station during the Battle of Dunlap Hill on July 30, 1864, during Union General Stoneman's attack on Macon.. It again saw action when Confederate batteries fired from the fort's grounds during the Battle of Walnut Creek which took place during Sherman's March to the Sea.
The last remnant of the fort, a blockhouse, was dismantle and removed in 1883.
--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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