FORT SCOTT

General Winfield Scott, former General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army, was the namesake for four places named 'Fort Scott':

Fort Scott is a city in Kansas that grew up around a military fort of the same name.


Fort Scott National Historic Site

Fort Scott was a small fortification in Arlington, Virginia built to defend Washington during the American Civil War.

Fort Winfield Scott was a coast artillery post created within the Presidio of San Francisco in 1912.

Fort Point was renamed Fort Winfield Scott in 1882 but reverted to the original name before the establishment of the coast artillery post.

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