May 2002
Fort Zachary Taylor, Key West

Construction was initiated in 1845 and it was named after President Zachary Taylor shortly after his death in 1850.
In 1861, after the Civil War broke out, Captain John Brannon occupied the fort to keep it in Union hands.
The three mile range of the ten-inch columbiad cannons helped keep Confederate ships away from Key West and protected Union ships after
they ran the Confederate blockade.