An Annotated Chronology of American Military Earthworks

1562 Fort Caroline at the mouth of the St. Johns River, Florida. Perhaps the first fortification constructed in America. Built by the French as a defense against Spanish coastal raiders. Its designer, Rene de Laudonniere, described this triangular stockade, which overlooked the Saint Johns River near modern-day Jacksonville, Florida: ................
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