- Source: Fort Mitchell, Alabama
Fort Mitchell is an unincorporated community in Russell County, Alabama, United States. The settlement developed around a garrisoned fort intended to provide defense for the area during the Creek War (1813–14).
Fort Mitchell is about 10 miles south of Phenix City, Alabama and Columbus, Georgia; Fort Moore lies on the opposite side of the Chattahoochee River from Fort Mitchell.
The community is the home of the Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, established in 1987 for interment of all US veterans.
Landmarks
Fort Mitchell National Cemetery
Fort Mitchell Historic Site
History
A major United States fur trade factory was situated here between 1795 and 1807 before it was moved a few miles south to Hiawassee .
Notable people
James Cantey, Confederate States Army brigadier general
Samuel Checote, Muskogee Creek, who was the first principal chief of the tribe, then located in Indian Territory, after the Civil War
John Crowell, first U.S. Representative from Alabama; appointed by President Monroe as the United States agent to the Creek Indians (1821-?)
See also
Asbury Manual Labor School
Gallery
Below are photographs taken in Fort Mitchell as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey:
References
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- Daftar tempat di Alabama/M-Z
- Daftar kota di Alabama
- Daftar tempat di Alabama/A-L
- Douglas MacArthur
- Daftar perguruan tinggi di Amerika Serikat
- Tujuan Delta Air Lines
- Sunny Leone
- Perbudakan
- Serikat (Perang Saudara Amerika)
- Daftar julukan kota di Amerika Serikat
- Fort Mitchell, Alabama
- Fort Mitchell
- Fort Mitchell Site
- Fort Mitchell National Cemetery
- Fort Mitchell Historic Site
- List of cemeteries in Alabama
- List of Native American boarding schools
- Sowell Woolfolk
- United States National Cemetery System
- Henry du Pont
