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== {{PAGENAME}} History ==
== {{PAGENAME}} History ==
== Current Status ==
== Current Status ==
Private property, marker only near Julesburg, Sedgwick County, Colorado
Private property, one marker in Ovid and one roadside marker near the location of the post hospital alongside CR 28, Sedgwick County, Colorado.
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Marker in Ovid
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Revision as of 07:57, 6 October 2011

Fort Sedgwick (1) (1864-1871) - A U.S. Army post established in 1864 as the Post at Julesburg Station by Colonel Christopher H. McNally, 3rd Volunteer Infantry in Sedgwick County, Colorado. Renamed 27 Sep 1865 for Major General John Sedgwick, who was killed 9 May 1864 at Spotsylvania, during the U.S. Civil War. Abandoned in 1871. Also known as Camp Rankin and Fort Rankin.

Fort Sedgwick (1) History

Current Status

Private property, one marker in Ovid and one roadside marker near the location of the post hospital alongside CR 28, Sedgwick County, Colorado.

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Location: Sedgwick County, Colorado.

Maps & Images

Lat: 40.9430477 Long: -102.3804646

  • Multi Maps from ACME
  • Maps from Bing
  • Maps from Google
  • Elevation: 3,543'

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 114
  • Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 46

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