Fort Anderson or Camp Anderson, was a military post first established in May 1862 by

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. Colonel Herbert M. Hart, USMC (retired), Historic California Posts: Fort Anderson (Camp Anderson), California State Military Department, The California Military Museum website, accessed February 12, 2012
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, below its confluence with Minor Creek, between

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and Fort Gaston. It was abandoned in the winter of 1862, but reestablished in 1864 and finally closed in 1866.

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Fort Anderson Fort Anderson can refer to: *Fort Anderson (Kentucky) ; A Union fort used in the American Civil War and site of the Battle of Paducah, Kentucky *Fort Anderson (North Carolina) ; A Confederate fort used in the American Civil War *Fort Anderson Locate ...

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