Fort Early was on the

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, in the southwest corner of modern

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. It was named for Georgia governor

Peter Early Peter Early (June 20, 1773 – August 15, 1817) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician. Early life He was born near Madison, Virginia, Madison in the Colony of Virginia, in 1773, the son of Joel Early and Lucy Smith. He had a sister ...

. It was, in 1814, no more than

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built by the Army on high ground overlooking the river, briefly occupied in preparation for a projected invasion by British forces, a threat which disappeared in 1815 with the end of the

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. A log stockade was built by the Georgia

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in early 1818 and was an important supply depot and defensive point during the

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. General

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stopped at Fort Early in February 1818 as he marched south to relieve besieged Fort Scott. The fort was evacuated after the war and the site reclaimed by nature. There is a monument erected in 1916 by the

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