Fort Tongass
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Fort Tongass was a United States Army base on Tongass Island, in the southernmost Alaska Panhandle, located adjacent to the village of the group of Tlingit people on the east side of the island. Fort Tongass was the first US Army base established in Alaska following its purchase from the Russian Empire in 1867 and was garrisoned by Company E, 2nd U.S. Artillery, under the command of Captain Charles H. Peirce. Historian Hubert Howe Bancroft notes: "the site was well chosen, containing a plentiful supply of timber and pasture, while fish and game abound in the neighbourhood.
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| link | page | FortWiki page@ | Wikidata | ||
| site | fort | Fort Tongass | fort | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Eadweard Muybridge 1868 photo taken from Fort Tongass of the sidewheel steamer Pacific at anchor. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Tlingit men and boy in traditional costumes standing in front of totem pole, Fort Tongass, Dec 14, 1887 (AL+CA 621) | Commons | ||


