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The fort was built by troops of the 7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry using cedar logs cut in Cottonwood Canyon. [2] It was completed in October 1863. Originally named Cantonment McKean, on February 26, 1866, it was renamed Fort McPherson in the honor of Major General James B. McPherson. However, it was always popularly known as Fort Cottonwood.
Fort McPherson National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery, located 4 miles (6 km) south of the village of Maxwell in Lincoln County, Nebraska. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , it encompasses 20 acres (8.1 ha), and as of 2014, it had over 10,000 interments.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Military instillations in Nebraska alphabetical order; Name Location Period Alkali Station: Armas de Francia: Fort Atkinson: Fort Calhoun: 1819-1827 Camp Atlanta: Atlanta: 1943-1946 Camp Augur: Beauvais Station Post: Fort Beaver Valley: Fort Bellevue: Bordeaux Trading Post: near Chadron: Cabanné's Post: Omaha: 1822-1840 Fort Calhoun: Fort ...
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St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church and graveyard in Kronborg. This list of cemeteries in Nebraska includes notable examples of currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (abandoned or removed) cemeteries, churchyards, columbaria, mausolea, and other formal burial grounds.
Location of Lincoln County in Nebraska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Nebraska. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
The 1st Nebraska Militia reinforced the 7th Iowa Cavalry Regiment, which had previously been deployed and had constructed Fort McPherson near present-day North Platte, Nebraska, and the 1st Nebraska Veteran Cavalry Regiment. [1] The Nebraska MILITIA were frontiersmen who furnished their own horses and arms.