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[[Image:Outsidemcree.PNG|thumb|right|270px|Confederate troops outside Fort McRee]]
'''Fort McRee''' was a bent elliptical military fort located at the eastern tip of [[Perdido Key]], near [[Pensacola Pass]]. Significantly damaged during the [[Civil War]], the fort was essentially abandoned and left to the the elements. There are little or no remnants of the fort visible today.
==Postbellum abandonment==
[[Image:Mcreeruins3.PNG|thumb|right|Remnants of Fort McRee after the [[1906 hurricane]]]]
After the Civil War, Fort McRee was essentially abandoned. This is evidenced by the War Department's permission in 1875 for the commanding officer at [[Fort Barrancas]] to remove 50,000 bricks from McRee to make repairs at Barrancas.<ref name="coleman" />
==Reuse==
==Other images==
<gallery>
Image:Troopsatmcree.jpg|Confederate troops at Fort McRee
Image:Ftmcreebattery.jpg|Confederate troops in Fort McRee's water battery
Image:Fort McRee Water Battery.png|Fort McRee water battery, 1861
Image:Mcreeruins.jpg|Ruins of Fort McRee
Image:Mcreeruins2.jpg|Ruins of Fort McRee, c1910s postcard
Image:Insidemcree.jpg|Inside Fort McRee
</gallery>
==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/yello_armadillo/mcree.htm Fort McRee: A Virtual Tour]
==References==
