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Fort Carroll

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One mile north of here, a stockade-type depot was erected by a detail of the 7th Infantry, U.S.A., while on a march to the Kissimmee River. Built Jan. 22, 1841, it was named in honor of Sergeant-Major Francis Carroll, who suffered a hero’s death at the hand of Indians near Micanopy.
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