United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Saint Simons Island, 31.15051, -81.36954Barefoot, Patricia2002-09-19Encyclopedia article about Fort Frederica, Georgia. Destined to defend the southern frontier from the continued presence of Spanish colonials in the Fort Frederica on St. Simons Island served as the British military headquarters in colonial America. During its heyday, from 1736 to 1758, General James Oglethorpe's town and fort played a pivotal role in the struggle for empire between the competing interests of England and Spain. This clash of cultures pitted British redcoats, the Highland Independent Company of Foot, and coastal rangers and sympathetic Southeastern Indians against the Spanish forces. They were concentrated beyond "the debatable land" southward to St. Augustine, Florida.GSE identifier: SS8H2text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Fort Frederica (Ga.)Fortification--GeorgiaHistoric sites--GeorgiaFort FredericaText