Fort Grant (1)

Fort Grant (1) (1860-1873) - A U.S. Army post established in 1860 as Camp San Pedro River by Captain Richard S. Ewell and troops from the 1st U.S. Dragoons at Fort Buchanan (1). Located on the north bank of Aravaipa Creek south of present-day Dudleyville in Pinal County, Arizona. See the name history below. Abandoned in 1873 for Fort Grant (2). Also known as Fort Aravaipa, Fort Breckinridge (1), Camp Stanford and Camp Grant (1). History The second U.S. Army post in the Arizona Territory in the Gadsden Purchase. Established to protect emigrant wagon trains and to control hostile Apache Indians. The garrison was withdrawn at the beginning of the U.S. Civil War and it was burned to prevent it from being used by intruding Confederates from Texas. The fort was regarrisoned on 18 May 1862 by California volunteer troops under Lieutenant Colonel Joseph R. West who renamed the post Camp Stanford. That garrison was withdrawn on 29 Jun 1862 and the post remained without a garrison until after the war. In October 1865 Colonel Thomas F. Wright, 2nd California Volunteer Infantry, reestablished the post and on 1 Nov 1865 it was renamed Camp Grant (1). The camp was abandoned on 31 Mar 1873 in favor of a new Fort Grant (2) established in present-day Graham County. The old site was turned over to the Department of the Interior for disposal on 22 Jul 1884. Fort Grant Name History Camp San Pedro River (1860) Fort Aravaipa (1860) Fort Breckinridge (1) (1860-1861) John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States Camp Stanford (1862) Leland Stanford, Governor of California Fort Breckenridge (1862-1865) Name change intended to obscure the name of the former Vice President who had joined the CSA Camp San Pedro River (1865) Camp Wright (2) (1865) Colonel Thomas F. Wright Fort Grant (1) (1866-1867) General Ulysses S. Grant Camp Grant (1) (1867-1872) General Ulysses S. Grant Current Status Few remains on private property south of Dudleyville, Pinal County, Arizona {"selectable":false,"height":"-500","width":"-500"} Location: About 9 miles south of Dudleyville, Pinal County, Arizona. Map point may not be accurate. Maps & Images Lat: 32.841442 Long: -110.711076 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: .....' Sources: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 38 Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 13 Frazer, Robert W., Forts of the West, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman OK, 1965, ISBN 0-8061-1250-6, page 4 Links: North American Forts - Camp Grant Wikipedia - Camp Grant Fortification ID: AZ0084 - Fort Grant (1) AZ0243 - Camp San Pedro River AZ0007 - Fort Aravaipa AZ0027 - Fort Breckinridge (1) AZ0255 - Camp Stanford AZ0305 - Fort Breckenridge AZ0298 - Camp Wright (2) AZ0083 - Camp Grant (1) Visited: No