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The commander of the garrison at Fort Pickens was a first lieutenant, who defiantly refused to turn the fort over to the state of Florida. Unlike Sumter, Pickens’s position at the mouth of Pensacola Bay kept it out of the reach of any Confederate cannon. Thus, it could be resupplied and reinforced easily. Ironically, Fort Pickens was named after Thomas Pickens, a famous Revolutionary War leader and the father of the 1860 governor of South Carolina, who was now leading his own revolution. Fort Pickens remained in federal hands throughout the war.