Some More On Fort Sedgwick

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FORT SEDGWICK

1864-1871

U.S. Army post established in 1864 as the Post at Julesburg Station by Col. Christopher H. McNally, 3rd Volunteer Infantry in Sedgwick County, Colorado.  Renamed September 27, 1865, for Major General John Sedgwick., who was killed May 9, 1864, at the Battle of Spotsylvania.

Abandoned in 1871.  Also known as Camp Rankin and Fort Rankin.  (I have been unable to find out who Rankin was.)

Established May 17, 1864, as the Post at Julesburg  It was located at a strategic point where there were several river crossings.  It was also  on a branch of the Overland Trail, which was used by settlers heading west as protection from Indian attacks.

The South Platte River was about a quarter mile away.

The post was abandoned May 31, 1871, after the cessation of Indian hostilities in the area.  It was transferred to the Department of the Interior on July 22, 1884.

It is on private property.  There is one marker near Ovid and one roadside marker near the location of the post hospital alongside CR-28 in Sedgwick County, Colorado.

--Old Secesh