Fort Clinch
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Address Details
- Full Address
- Fort Clinch, Fernandina, FL
- City
- Fernandina
- State / Province
- Florida
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 30.67007, -81.43464
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The Haunting
Fort Clinch is a reportedly haunted military site in Fernandina, Florida. Reports tied to the site usually focus on a tragedy or violent past linked to the location.
Reported account from HauntTracker: Fort Clinch is an old Union Civil War fort that was never finished due to of lack of funding from the government. During construction, the fort was ambushed quite a few times by Confederate troops. Several of the Union men died in the process. One incident included a man who was shot after promising his wife in a letter that he would not die until seeing her again.
He is said to haunt the fort today. Re-enactors that volunteer at the fort often see his ghost in the courtyard along with several of his comrades. Perhaps he is searching for his wife? Fort Clinch Experience
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HauntTracker's public listing describes: Fort Clinch is an old Union Civil War fort that was never finished due to of lack of funding from the government. During construction, the fort was ambushed quite a few times by Confederate troops. Several of the Union men died in the process. One incident included a man who was shot after promising his wife in a letter that he would not die until seeing her again.
He is said to haunt the fort today. Re-enactors that volunteer at the fort often see his ghost in the courtyard along with several of his comrades. Perhaps he is searching for his wife? Fort Clinch Experience