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Fort Duncan
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	Bounded by Monroe and Garrison Sts,. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of city limits on the S, and the Rio Grande on the W
Nearest city:	Eagle Pass, Texas
Added to NRHP:	December 9, 1971
NRHP Reference#:	71000954

Fort Duncan was a U.S. Army post, set up to protect the first U. } Eagle Pass is a city in Maverick County, Texas, United States. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. S. settlement on the Rio Grande near the current town of Eagle Pass, Texas. } Eagle Pass is a city in Maverick County, Texas, United States.

Fort Duncan was established on March 27, 1849, when Captain Sidney Burbank occupied the site with companies A, B, and F of the First United States Infantry. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sidney Burbank served as an officer in the regular army before and during the American Civil War. This article deals with the history of the current 1st Infantry Regiment of the United States Army On November 14, 1849, the post was named Fort Duncan, after James Duncan, a hero of the Mexican-American War. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The post consisted of a storehouse, two magazines, four officers' quarters, and a stone hospital, in addition to quarters for enlisted men. Construction was done half by the troops and half by hired workers. There was ample stone but no timber for building, and the men suffered from exposure. Company C, First Artillery, asked permission to construct quarters at its own expense. During the 1850s, Fort Duncan provided merchants and traders protection from border frontier outlaws and Native Americans. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States The fort also served as a post for scouting Native Americans.

Fort Duncan became involved in the Callahan expedition of 1855, when James H. Callahan led an effort to repel attacks of Lipan Apaches and to capture runaway slaves. Lipan Apache are Southern Athabascan ( Apachean people who are aboriginal to present-day Texas, New Mexico Colorado and the northern Mexican states As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another Callahan seized and set Piedras Negras on fire, and the commanders at the fort ultimately refused to help him recross the Rio Grande into the United States. Secretary of War John B. Floyd ordered the post abandoned in May 1859. John Buchanan Floyd ( June 1, 1806 August 26, 1863) was a Virginia politician (legislator and governor U Robert E. Lee ordered the fort regarrisoned in March 1860. Robert Edward Lee (January 19 1807 &ndash October 12 1870 was a career United States Army officer, an Engineer, and among the most celebrated With the outbreak of the American Civil War the post was again abandoned when the Federal troops evacuated on March 20, 1861. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common It was also an important customs point for Confederate cotton and munitions trade with Mexico. The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.

Federal troops reoccupied Fort Duncan on March 23, 1868. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap During the 1870s, the Seminole Indians became members of the command and were used as guides in the area. The Seminole are a Native American people originally of Florida and now residing in Florida and Oklahoma. The post was abandoned in once again in 1883. From 1890 to 1916, when disturbances in Mexico took national guard units to the river, the fort had a skeleton caretaking detachment. Troop activity continued throughout World War I, when the fort served as a training facility, but by 1920 only a small detail remained. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

In 1933, the City of Eagle Pass began maintaining the old fort as a public park. The city formally acquired the property in 1935 and converted it into Fort Duncan Park. In 1942 the mayor offered the fort to the military for use during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The government used the Fort Duncan Country Club as an officers' club and the swimming pool for commissioned personnel stationed at Eagle Pass Army Air Field. The site was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Seven of the original buildings still stand today. In the early 1980s, the Fort Duncan Country Club caught fire and only the outer walls remain. The Commander's Headquarters building has been converted into the Fort Duncan Museum.

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