THE BATTLE CONTINUES

“The fort on Appalachicola bay in East Florida, where the ruffian Nicolls commanded a motley force of British, Indians and Negroes during the late war, and which has since been occupied by runaway negroes and hostile indians, was completely destroyed by our troops,” the Georgia Journal proclaimed in the first published account of the Battle of Negro Fort. Based on the eyewitness description of the battle provided by a US Army infantryman, the article summarized the actions taken by the American troops and their Indian allies as well as the response of the fort’s defenders. According to the report, the