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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.
Fort McPherson was a U.S. Army military base located in Atlanta, Georgia, bordering the northern edge of the city of East Point, Georgia.It was the headquarters for the U.S. Army Installation Management Command, Southeast Region; the U.S. Army Forces Command; the U.S. Army Reserve Command; the U.S. Army Central.
27 Nebraska. 28 Nevada. 29 New Hampshire. ... Fort McPherson; Fort Moore, closed to the public; ... rebuilt as a living history museum; Fort Okanogan; Fort Simcoe, ...
McPherson Gông (Nebraska) Usage on ceb.wikipedia.org McPherson County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Nebraska) Usage on ce.wikipedia.org Макферсон (гуо, Небраска) Usage on cy.wikipedia.org McPherson County, Nebraska; Rhestr o Siroedd Nebraska; Usage on de.wikipedia.org Liste der Countys in Nebraska; McPherson County (Nebraska)
The Kansas–Nebraska Act was passed by Congress on May 30, 1854. This act organized the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska and opened them to white settlement. The act allowed the inhabitants of the territories to decide whether they wanted slavery within their borders.
The following is a list of current and former forts in Nebraska.. Western ramparts of Fort Atkinson. Nebraska State Historical Marker at Fort Robinson. Restored Fort Kearny State Park looking from parade ground southwest over marked-off officers barracks foundation.
The terrain of McPherson County consists of low rolling hills sloping to the south-southeast. A small portion of the area is under center pivot irrigation. [4] The county has a total area of 860 square miles (2,200 km 2), of which 859 square miles (2,220 km 2) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km 2) (0.1%) is water.