Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fort Pickens is pictured in an engraving in 1861. Pickens: The first serious confrontation of the Civil War happened in Pensacola ...

Spanning Florida and Mississippi coastlines, Gulf Islands National Seashore is 160 miles of natural barrier islands, history and unspoiled wetlands.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discovered the munitions while studying the area around Fort Pickens, both land and sea Only pieces and parts of ordinances were found on land, but around the sunken ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says pieces of military history are being detected on land and off the coast of Fort Pickens. Now, Escambia County is issuing a ...

Florida was home to several key forts during the Civil War, some of which saw military action. Many of these historic forts are now preserved as state or national parks for the public to visit. Editor ...