Question

What was the significance of Ft. Pickens during the early part of the Civil War?
(1 point)
Responses

It was successfully protected by the Confederates against the Union army.
It was successfully protected by the Confederates against the Union army.

It was the location of the first major battle of the Civil War.
It was the location of the first major battle of the Civil War.

It was a haven for fugitive slaves.
It was a haven for fugitive slaves.

It was one of the few forts in the South that remained occupied by the Union.

Answer 1

It was one of the few forts in the South that remained occupied by the Union.

Fort Pickens (on Santa Rosa Island, near Pensacola) stayed in Union hands throughout the early war, giving the Union a strategic foothold in the Gulf.