| Fort Basinger | |
|---|---|
| Approximately 35 miles west of Fort Pierce along U. S. Highway 98 in Highlands County, Florida. in United States | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Fort_Basinger_-_Artist_Depiction.jpg) Fort Basinger - Second and Third Seminole War Fort (artist's depiction). | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:USA_Florida_location_map.svg)  Fort Basinger Location of Fort Basinger &sq=&lang=&file=File:Usa_edcp_location_map.svg) Fort Basinger Fort Basinger (the United States) | |
| Coordinates | 27°21′46″N 81°03′10″W / 27.36278°N 81.05278°W |
| Site information | |
| Condition | Completely destroyed. |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1837 |
| Built by | United States Army |
| In use | 1837-1858 |
| Materials | Pine logs (stockade and two blockhouses). |
| Fate | Abandoned after the Third Seminole War (1855–1858) and eroded away. |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Lake Okeechobee |
| Events | Fort Basinger was built as a supply garrison and for prisoner detention, and aided wounded troops after the Battle of Lake Okeechobee. |
| Garrison information | |
| Past commanders | Colonel Zachary Taylor |
| Garrison | Regular army troops and Militia. |
Fort Basinger's original site is located approximately 35 miles (56 km) west of Fort Pierce, Florida, along U. S. Highway 98 in Highlands County, Florida. It was a stockaded fortification with two blockhouses that was built in 1837 by the United States Army. It was one of the military outposts created during the Second Seminole War to assist Colonel Zachary Taylor's troops to confront and capture Seminole Indians and their allies in the central part of the Florida Territory in the Lake Okeechobee region. The Seminole Indians and their allies were resisting forced removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River as directed by the Indian Removal Act.[1]
- ^ Roberts, Robert B. Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States. New York: Macmillan. 1988, p. 169.