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Fort San Carlos De Barrancas

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Fort San Carlos De Barrancas is a National Historic Landmark. This fort sits on a bluff overlooking the entrance to Pensacola Bay. The entrance is on Taylor Road half a mile east of the Museum of Naval Aviation. The advantages of the forts location have caused engineers of three nations to build forts. The position of Fort Barrancas was susceptible to land attack. To counter this deficiency, a second brick fortification called The Advanced Redoubt was built a few hundred yards in land to help in the fort's defense. By the eve of the Civil War, the small force of United States troops assigned to Pensacola Bay were quartered at Barrancas Post. Fort Pickens and McRee were occupied by caretakers. Barrancas worked well do to the massive walls of

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