Fort Morgan (Colorado)
Fort Morgan | |
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U.S. military post | |
Nickname(s): Camp Tyler, Camp Wardwell | |
Coordinates: 40°15′41″N 103°48′00″W / 40.26139°N 103.80000°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | Morgan |
City | Fort Morgan |
Fort Morgan, first called Camp Tyler and Camp Wardwell, was established in the present-day city of Fort Morgan in Morgan County, Colorado as a U.S. military post in 1864. It operated until 1868. There is a historical marker in a city park in remembrance of its history.[1]
History
The station and military post, first called Camp Tyler, was established in 1859.
The military post was also called Camp Wardwell. Made a permanent fort with adobe and sod buildings in July 1865,[5] the fort was manned that year by Confederate prisoners of war, nicknamed "galvanized rebels", who had enlisted in the Union Army rather than continue their fate as POWs. Stationed with the soldiers was Captain M. H. Slater of the 1st Colorado Cavalry Regiment.[6] The goal of the post was to protect travelers along the Overland Trail (South Platte Trail) as well as neighboring ranchers.[6]
It was renamed Fort Morgan in 1866 for Christopher Morgan, the commanding officer of the
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- ^ a b Frank Hall (1895). History of the State of Colorado, Embracing Accounts of the Pre-historic Races and Their Remains. Blakely print. Company. p. 239.
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