Fort Holmes, Florida
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Fort Holmes was a United States Army fort in the vicinity of the St. Johns River, Florida about fourteen miles from Palatka, Putnam county, Florida, on the road to Fort King, Ocala, Florida.
- It was unhealthy. Lieutenant Woodruff, 21 Infantry, died here in April 1841, of malignant dysentery. The post was abandoned early in the sickly season of that year. [signed] Physician Second. The National Intelligencer, 18 November, 1843.
- Note: Fort Holmes was re-activated, apparently, as it is shown on a map in the National Archives, dated 1859. Source: Fort Holmes Mss Collection, Box 33, P.K.Yonge Library of Florida History, University of Florida. Copied by Ann & Blair Huddart on 31 Oct. 1996.
