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'''Fort Holmes''' was a United States Army fort in the vicinity of the [[St. Johns River, Florida]] about fourteen miles from [[Palatka, Putnam county, Florida]], on the road to [[Fort King, Ocala, Florida]]. 

*It was unhealthy. Lieutenant Woodruff, 21 Infantry, died here in April 1841, of malignant dysentery. The post was abandoned early in the sickly season of that year. [signed] '''Physician Second.''' ''The National Intelligencer,'' 18 November, 1843.  

*'''Note:''' Fort Holmes was re-activated, apparently, as it is shown on a map in the National Archives, dated 1859. [http://fl-genweb.net/archives/flhist/forts.html Source: Fort Holmes Mss Collection, Box 33, P.K.Yonge Library of Florida History, University of Florida. Copied by Ann & Blair Huddart on 31 Oct. 1996.]