Eventually visiting the forts in Florida and Georgia moves into Civil War history and the foreign players fall out of it, but it really is fascinating to see how pre-Civil War events are talked ...

The American Civil War saw numerous new forts spring up across the country, while many older ones were called back into service. There's Fort Sumter, where it all started, and Fort Gaines ...

During the Civil War, Fort Myers settlers prospered through trade ... Thomas Alva Edison stopped by the town as he was cruising along Florida’s West Coast. He eventually bought 13 acres along ...