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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1851-1894) - A U.S. Army post established in 1851 by Lt. Colonel [[Edwin V. Sumner]], [[1st U.S. Dragoons]], in Mora County, New Mexico. Abandoned in 1894. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1851-1894) - A U.S. Army post established in 1851 by Lt. Colonel [[Edwin V. Sumner]], [[1st U.S. Dragoons]], in present day Mora County, New Mexico. Abandoned in 1894. | ||
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== {{PAGENAME}} History == | == {{PAGENAME}} History == | ||
Established on 26 Jul 1851 near two branches of the [[Santa Fe Trail]] on the site of a previous camp. Lt. Colonel Sumner, 9th Military Department Commander, established the post as a supply station on the [[Santa Fe Trail]] and principle quartermaster depot for military posts in the southwest. He also sought to remove his command from towns that he viewed as bad influences on the troops. | |||
On the 1st of August 1853 Colonel [[Joseph F.K. Mansfield]] inspected the new post and found it garrisoned with three companies of troops, one company of infantry, one company of artillery and one company of Dragoons with a total of 3 officers and 164 men present. He found the post in "a high state of discipline and every department of it in good order" but he was concerned that each company had only one officer present for duty and that there was a severe shortage of shoes, especially size 7, 8 and 9. Colonel Mansfield included both a plan of the fort and a sketch of the strategic location on the Santa Fe Trail. | |||
== [[U.S. Civil War]] (1861-1865) == | |||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
Fort Union National Monument, Mora County, New Mexico. Adobe ruins. | Fort Union National Monument, Mora County, New Mexico. Adobe ruins. | ||
Revision as of 15:44, 7 March 2013
Fort Union (3) (1851-1894) - A U.S. Army post established in 1851 by Lt. Colonel Edwin V. Sumner, 1st U.S. Dragoons, in present day Mora County, New Mexico. Abandoned in 1894.
Fort Union (3) History
Established on 26 Jul 1851 near two branches of the Santa Fe Trail on the site of a previous camp. Lt. Colonel Sumner, 9th Military Department Commander, established the post as a supply station on the Santa Fe Trail and principle quartermaster depot for military posts in the southwest. He also sought to remove his command from towns that he viewed as bad influences on the troops.
On the 1st of August 1853 Colonel Joseph F.K. Mansfield inspected the new post and found it garrisoned with three companies of troops, one company of infantry, one company of artillery and one company of Dragoons with a total of 3 officers and 164 men present. He found the post in "a high state of discipline and every department of it in good order" but he was concerned that each company had only one officer present for duty and that there was a severe shortage of shoes, especially size 7, 8 and 9. Colonel Mansfield included both a plan of the fort and a sketch of the strategic location on the Santa Fe Trail.
U.S. Civil War (1861-1865)
Current Status
Fort Union National Monument, Mora County, New Mexico. Adobe ruins.
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 915784
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Location: Fort Union National Monument, Mora County, New Mexico. Maps & Images Lat: 35.9072222 Long: -105.0116667 |
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 532-533
- Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2,page 106
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