Fort Barrett

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Fort Barrett
Bapchule, Arizona
Coordinates33°07′13″N 111°53′17″W / 33.12028°N 111.88806°W / 33.12028; -111.88806Coordinates: 33°07′13″N 111°53′17″W / 33.12028°N 111.88806°W / 33.12028; -111.88806
TypeArmy fortification
Site information
Controlled by Arizona
Site history
Built1862
Built byUnited States United States
In use1862
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Garrison information
Past
commanders		United States James H. Carleton
OccupantsUnited States United States Army

Fort Barrett was a temporary earthwork built by the United States Army's California Column in 1862 during the American Civil War. It was located in the Pima Villages two miles from the Gila river nearby Casa Blanca, New Mexico Territory and was built around the mill of settler to protect it and provide a safe location to gather food and forage from the Pima people for the advance on Tucson. The fort was named after Lieutenant James Barrett who was killed in the Battle of Picacho Peak.[1][2] Following the capture of Tucson in May the construction of the post ceased, and was abandoned, except as a post for vedettes and express riders.

References[]

  1. ^ "Arizona Forts: page 2". Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  2. ^ John P. Wilson, Peoples of the Middle Gila: A Documentary History of the Pimas and Maricopas, 1500s – 1945, Researched and Written for the Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona, 1998 (revised July 1999) Report No. 77, Las Cruces, New Mexico, pp. 190–191 Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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