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...s occupied from time to time by Confederate troops of the Texas [[Frontier Regiment]] under Col. [[James M. Norris]]. *Roger N. Conger, et al., ''Frontier Forts of Texas'', Waco: Texian Press, 1966. ...

...ommand of [[Camp Chase]], Ohio, he took part in the pursuit and capture of Confederate General [[John Hunt Morgan]] in the course of latter's raid into Kentucky a ...command of a Division of Negro troops at the head of which he entered the Confederate capital on 3 Apr 1865. ...

...Mexican War]] who died in the same year 1849. It was one of a line of five frontier military outposts. The Fort was abandoned in 1912. Also known as [[Camp Eag ...post was known as Rio Grande Station and served the [[Confederate Frontier Regiment]]. ...

...rival of the [[Mounted Rangers]] in 1832. The Rangers were replaced by the Regiment of Dragoons in 1833. ...post. In 1834 Fort Gibson was designated Headquarters of the Southwestern Frontier. ...

...30 years, Fort Leavenworth was the chief base of operations on the Indian frontier. In 1839, Colonel [[Stephen Watts Kearny]] marched against the Cherokees wi ...he 138‑acre [[Leavenworth Arsenal]]. In 1861 the arsenal was threatened by Confederate sympathizers and several companies of infantry were ordered to Leavenworth ...

...m the local farmers until August. A battalion of the [[1st U.S. Infantry]] Regiment, under the command of Maj. [[Stephen Watts Kearny]], and the [[3rd U.S. Inf ...ere originally slated to construct the fort, but the [[3rd U.S. Infantry]] Regiment arrived too late to complete their barracks before winter, and the quarterm ...

...at effect. Lieutenant [[Braxton Bragg]] {{Cullum|895}}, who later became a Confederate general, directed the U.S. artillery that fired on Ampudia’s troops. Maj. [ The new frontier post, built primarily from wood scavenged from the Point Isabel supply depo ...

...7 were living in 1861, 15 became General Officers of full rank in Union or Confederate armies. One was Ulysses S. Grant, who later married Dent's sister, Julia De He served on the Pacific railroad survey, on frontier duty in Idaho, in removing the Seminole Indians, and at various points in T ...

...federate forces during the [[U.S. Civil War]]. He eventually commanded all Confederate armies as general-in-chief. After the war, he urged reconciliation and spen ...wn and to restore order. He did this very quickly and then returned to his regiment in Texas. When Texas seceded from the Union in 1861, Lee was called to Wash ...

...aptain || 31st Regiment of Militia of Sangamon County, 1st Division<br>4th Regiment of Mounted Volunteers || Marched to [[Fort Dixon]] <br> Mustered out [[Fort ...e army was distributed all over the country, much of it out west along the frontier, it was necessary to transport most of the regular army back to the east co ...

...manding officer of Fort Adams was Captain [[John Henry]] of the [[2nd U.S. Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers]]. From 1 Apr 1802 to Jul 1814 the fort was u ...ge W. Cullum]] and [[P.G.T. Beauregard]] who would become a general in the Confederate Army and commanded the attack on [[Fort Sumter]] at the beginning of the [[ ...

...artillery, and in 1855 was made a major of the [[2nd U.S. Cavalry]], which regiment he commanded for three years. He was wounded in a skirmish with the Indians only time, beheld a Confederate army abandon the field in confusion." On the next day Thomas completely red ...

...enant John B. Hood--afterward well known as a distinguished general in the Confederate service. Lieutenant Hood was in command of the personal mounted escort of L ...disaster. The force was composed of a small body of regular troops, and a regiment of Oregon mounted volunteers under command of Colonel James W. Nesmith--sub ...