Appreciating the layers of history here, we learned that it was also the site of an early Spanish mission. In addition there is a cemetery for those British soldiers who died serving at the fort. Since there wasn't much clarity as to where Spanish Florida ended and British Georgia began, occasional skirmishes made the boundaries a little more pronounced. And while some soldiers may have died in combat, others were victim to the area's harsh, disease-laden environment.
Yes, it seems that actual fighting was lower on the list for reasons of fatality.
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