Fort Jackson

Fort Jackson can refer to several places or things:

  • Fort Jackson (Alabama), also called Fort Toulouse, a War of 1812 fort
  • Fort Jackson (Colorado), a frontier trading post located near present-day Ione, Colorado
  • Fort Jackson, Louisiana, an American Civil War-era fort
  • Fort Jackson (South Carolina), a modern U.S. Army post
  • Fort Jackson (Virginia), an American Civil War-era fort that defended Washington, D.C.
  • Fort Jackson (Wisconsin), an American fort used during the Black Hawk War of 1832
  • Fort James Jackson, a War of 1812 fort that defended Savannah, Georgia
  • USS Fort Jackson (1862), an American Civil War-era ship
  • Treaty of Fort Jackson
  • Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip

Famous quotes containing the words fort and/or jackson:

    “She was beautiful when she died—a hundred years ago.”
    —Garrett Fort (1900–1945)

    “In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)