Frederica - The Fort

" In the morning, Mr. Oglethorpe began

to mark out a fort with four bastions, and

taught the men how to dig the ditch, and

raise and turf the rampart."

Francis Moore

1736

A Voyage to Georgia

General Oglethorpe chose this site for

Frederica's fort. ...

Fort Frederica

In 1736, on this historic site, Fort Frederica was constructed by the early settlers of the Colony of Georgia under General James Edward Oglethorpe. It was the strongest fortification built by Great Britain on American soil and its purpose was ...