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| − | '''Fort Inge''' was a frontier fort in Uvalde County, [[Texas]] ( |
+ | '''Fort Inge''' was a frontier fort in Uvalde County, [[Texas]] (USA) established as '''Camp Leona''' on March 13, 1849. The fort served as a base for [[United States Army]] troops assigned to protect the southern overland mail route along the [[San Antonio-El Paso Road]] from Indian raids. The camp was renamed Fort Inge in honor of Lieutenant Zebulon M. P. Inge a [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] officer killed in the [[Mexican–American War]]. |
There were two wooden [[barracks]] with [[Thatching|thatched roofs]] that quartered the soldiers assigned to the fort. There was also a large limestone building that served as [[commissary]] and later a hospital. The buildings at Ft. Inge were never sufficient for the troops stationed there, probably because this post was never determined by the Army to be a permanent post. It was started in 1849 but abandoned in the spring of 1851. It was reoccupied that same summer and occupied until 1855 when it was abandoned again. It was reoccupied a third time in 1856 but was abandoned in 1861 to [[Confederate States Army]] troops.<ref>Herbert M. Hart, ''Old Forts of the Southwest'', Superior Publishing Company, Seattle, Washington, 1964, First Edition</ref> |
There were two wooden [[barracks]] with [[Thatching|thatched roofs]] that quartered the soldiers assigned to the fort. There was also a large limestone building that served as [[commissary]] and later a hospital. The buildings at Ft. Inge were never sufficient for the troops stationed there, probably because this post was never determined by the Army to be a permanent post. It was started in 1849 but abandoned in the spring of 1851. It was reoccupied that same summer and occupied until 1855 when it was abandoned again. It was reoccupied a third time in 1856 but was abandoned in 1861 to [[Confederate States Army]] troops.<ref>Herbert M. Hart, ''Old Forts of the Southwest'', Superior Publishing Company, Seattle, Washington, 1964, First Edition</ref> |
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Template:Infobox nrhp Fort Inge was a frontier fort in Uvalde County, Texas (USA) established as Camp Leona on March 13, 1849. The fort served as a base for United States Army troops assigned to protect the southern overland mail route along the San Antonio-El Paso Road from Indian raids. The camp was renamed Fort Inge in honor of Lieutenant Zebulon M. P. Inge a West Point officer killed in the Mexican–American War.
There were two wooden barracks with thatched roofs that quartered the soldiers assigned to the fort. There was also a large limestone building that served as commissary and later a hospital. The buildings at Ft. Inge were never sufficient for the troops stationed there, probably because this post was never determined by the Army to be a permanent post. It was started in 1849 but abandoned in the spring of 1851. It was reoccupied that same summer and occupied until 1855 when it was abandoned again. It was reoccupied a third time in 1856 but was abandoned in 1861 to Confederate States Army troops.[1]
The United States Army regarrisoned the fort until March 19, 1869, when the garrison was transferred to Fort McKavett. The army recovered materials from the site to use for additions to nearby Fort Clark. Fort Inge then saw use as a camp by the Texas Rangers until 1884.
The fort was surrounded on three sides by a stacked stone wall added approximately at the time of the Civil War. The wall was dismantled in 1874 and the stone used to build a dam on the Leona River. The wall was relaid along its original lines in 1984.
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II was posted to Fort Inge in the early 1850s, and his letters from there are preserved by the Maryland Historical Society.
In 1961, the site became the Fort Inge Historical Site County Park. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 1985.[2] The site is located on the Leona River and is dominated by the 140-foot (43 m) high remains of an extinct volcano named Mount Inge.
References
- ↑ Herbert M. Hart, Old Forts of the Southwest, Superior Publishing Company, Seattle, Washington, 1964, First Edition
- ↑ Staff Writer. "Fort Inge Archeological Site." National Register of Historic Places. Accessed April 17, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-04-17.
External links
- Fort Inge Historical Park - Uvalde County
- Fort Inge from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, Jr from the Handbook of Texas Online
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Inge, Texas
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The original article can be found at Fort Inge and the edit history here.