Fort Marion has four bastions named San Pedro, San Agustin, San Carlos and San Pablo with a ravelin protecting the sally port.
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13 Facts About Fort Marion
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Fort Marion was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the war.
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Fort Marion was imprisoned in Fort Marion along with his followers, including Uchee Billy, King Philip and his son Coacoochee, and then transported to Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island in Charleston's harbor.
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Fort Marion was given the receipt and the fort was taken by the Confederacy without a shot.
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Fort Marion was taken back by Union forces on March 11,1862, when the USS Wabash entered the bay, finding the city evacuated by Confederate troops.
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Fort Marion removed the prisoners' shackles and allowed them out of the casemates where they had been confined.
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Fort Marion developed ways to give the men more autonomy and attempted to organize educational and cultural programs for them.
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Fort Marion returned to the West to work as a missionary with Indian tribes.
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Fort Marion was later recognized by the Episcopal Church as a saint.
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Pratt's experiences at Fort Marion were the basis for his campaign to create American Indian boarding schools.
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Fort Marion was authorized to found the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1879, which became a model for other government-funded boarding schools established by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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Fort Marion has been featured on many television shows including Monumental Mysteries and Ghost Adventures, as well as the 1951 film Distant Drums.
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