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Fort Griffin, now a Texas state historic site as Fort Griffin State Historic Site, was a US Cavalry fort established 31 July 1867 by four companies of the Sixth Cavalry, U.S. Army under the command of Lt. Col. S. D. Sturgis, in the western part of North Texas, specifically northwestern Shackelford County, to give settlers protection from early Comanche and Kiowa raids. Originally called Camp Wilson after Henry Hamilton Wilson, a recently deceased lieutenant and son of Radical Republican senator and later vice president, Henry Wilson, it was later named for Charles Griffin, a former Civil War Union general who had commanded, as de facto military governor, the Department of Texas during the early years of Reconstruction. Other forts in the southwestern frontier fort system were Lancaster, Richardson, Concho, Belknap, Chadbourne, Stockton, Davis, Bliss, McKavett, Clark, McIntosh, Inge, and Phantom Hill in Texas, and Fort Sill in Oklahoma. There were "sub posts or intermediate stations" including Bothwick's Station on Salt Creek between Fort Richardson and Fort Belknap, Camp Wichita, near Buffalo Springs between Fort Richardson and Red River Station, and Mountain Pass between Fort Concho and Fort Griffin. (en) Fort Griffin es un despoblado localizado en el condado de Shackelford, Texas, Estados Unidos. (es) Fort Griffin est un ancien poste militaire de la United States Army établi le 31 juillet 1867 non loin du Clear Fork du fleuve Brazos, dans l'actuel comté de Shackelford au Texas. Construit par le 6e régiment de cavalerie sous les ordres du lieutenant colonel Samuel Davis Sturgis, il était destiné à assurer la protection des colons contre les attaques des Comanches et des Kiowas et faisait partie d'un système de défense de la frontière s'étendant d'El Paso à la rivière Rouge. Initialement dénommé Camp Wilson, il prit le nom de Fort Griffin en 1868 en l'honneur du colonel Charles Griffin. Il a été abandonné le 31 mai 1881. Le site est désormais inscrit au Registre national des lieux historiques. (fr) |
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Fort Griffin es un despoblado localizado en el condado de Shackelford, Texas, Estados Unidos. (es) Fort Griffin, now a Texas state historic site as Fort Griffin State Historic Site, was a US Cavalry fort established 31 July 1867 by four companies of the Sixth Cavalry, U.S. Army under the command of Lt. Col. S. D. Sturgis, in the western part of North Texas, specifically northwestern Shackelford County, to give settlers protection from early Comanche and Kiowa raids. Originally called Camp Wilson after Henry Hamilton Wilson, a recently deceased lieutenant and son of Radical Republican senator and later vice president, Henry Wilson, it was later named for Charles Griffin, a former Civil War Union general who had commanded, as de facto military governor, the Department of Texas during the early years of Reconstruction. (en) Fort Griffin est un ancien poste militaire de la United States Army établi le 31 juillet 1867 non loin du Clear Fork du fleuve Brazos, dans l'actuel comté de Shackelford au Texas. Construit par le 6e régiment de cavalerie sous les ordres du lieutenant colonel Samuel Davis Sturgis, il était destiné à assurer la protection des colons contre les attaques des Comanches et des Kiowas et faisait partie d'un système de défense de la frontière s'étendant d'El Paso à la rivière Rouge. Le site est désormais inscrit au Registre national des lieux historiques. (fr) |
