Fort of Matamoros

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf fortification
gptkbp:architecturalStyle military architecture
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:General_Zachary_Taylor
U.S.-Mexico_relations
gptkbp:built 1846
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Battle_of_Palo_Alto
gptkbp:coordinates 25.8661° N, 97.5084° W
25.8553° N, 97.5084° W
gptkbp:cultural_significance local heritage
gptkbp:defeated 1867
gptkbp:established gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:exhibits military artifacts
gptkbp:features cannons
watchtowers
barracks
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:John_E._Wool
gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:Joseph_Hooker
gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkb:William_McKinley
gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkb:James_K._Polk
gptkb:John_A._Quitman
gptkb:William_B._Franklin
gptkb:William_T._Sherman
gptkb:Antonio_López_de_Santa_Anna
gptkb:Daniel_E._Sickles
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkb:Benjamin_Harrison
gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Edwin_M._Stanton
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkb:Gerald_Ford
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:James_A._Garfield
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Warren_G._Harding
gptkb:William_Howard_Taft
gptkb:Winfield_Scott
gptkb:Chester_A._Arthur
gptkb:Donald_Trump
gptkb:George_B._McClellan
gptkb:George_H._W._Bush
gptkb:Joe_Biden
gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:George_H._Thomas
gptkb:James_Longstreet
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkb:Thomas_J._Jackson
gptkb:Jefferson_Davis
gptkb:William_H._Seward
gptkb:George_Meade
gptkb:Henry_W._Halleck
gptkb:Rutherford_B._Hayes
gptkb:John_G._Foster
gptkb:Stephen_W._Kearny
gptkb:William_M._Evarts
gptkb:Ambrose_Burnside
gptkb:John_Sedgwick
gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
gptkb:Salmon_P._Chase
David_E._Twiggs
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:Mexican-American_War
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Palo_Alto
Battle of Resaca de la Palma
siege_during_the_Mexican-American_War
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gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Spanish_colonial_architecture
local geography
American_military_strategy
gptkbp:is_a_site_for military engagements
gptkbp:is_designed_to local materials
gptkbp:is_featured_in military history studies
gptkbp:is_governed_by gptkb:National_Park_Service
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:is_involved_in border conflicts
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Rio_Grande_Valley
historical trails
U.S._Army_installations
gptkbp:is_used_in gptkb:Confederate_Army
military exercises
logistics and supply
training troops
gptkbp:location gptkb:Matamoros,_Tamaulipas,_Mexico
gptkbp:maintainedBy cultural heritage site
historical landmark
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Brownsville,_Texas
gptkbp:notable_feature moat
earthworks
stone walls
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:Fort_Polk
gptkb:General_Mariano_Matamoros
1850
gptkbp:protectedArea Mexican_forces
gptkbp:purpose military defense
gptkbp:renovated 20th century
gptkbp:servedIn command center
gptkbp:status historical site
gptkbp:strategicGoals border security
gptkbp:surrounding_area Matamoros_city
gptkbp:type earthwork_fort
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Rio_Grande_River
history enthusiasts
historical tourists
gptkbp:visitors tourists