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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.
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.
Meade served at the current location of Fort McPherson until August 1868 after Alabama and Florida were re-admitted into the United States. Because of the expulsion of Blacks from the Georgia legislature , a new and final military commander was appointed on December 22, 1869, General Alfred Terry . [ 5 ]
A cemetery was created along with the fort. In 1873, 20 acres (8.1 ha) were set aside to be a National Cemetery, and the remains interred in the original post cemetery were moved to it. Twenty-three cemeteries were moved from abandoned frontier forts to Fort McPherson; the last of these was moved from Fort Robinson when it was closed in 1947.
The 1st Logistical Command was activated as a planning headquarters in October 1950 at Fort McPherson, Georgia. During the Berlin Crisis of 1961, the new unit deployed to France to organize the base Logistics Command, which was responsible for the supervision of seven depots and area port operations in western and southwestern France.
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Fort McPherson (Gwich'in: Teetł'it Zheh [tʰeː.tɬʼɪtʰ ʒɛh], at the head of the waters) is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.It is located on the east bank of the Peel River and is 121 km (75 mi) south of Inuvik on the Dempster Highway.
William James "Lipp" Livsey (8 June 1931 – 18 June 2016) was a United States Army general who served as the Commander in Chief of United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, United States Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth United States Army from 1984 to 1987.