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This new fort was completed in August and the troops moved from Camp Ben Butler to Fort Blair. [4] On October 6 400 guerrillas under William C. Quantrill attacked Fort Blair and then attacked an approaching column of troops commanded by Maj. Gen. James Blunt. Blunt's force was decimated and many of his troops were murdered when they attempted ...
Numbering about 400, this group captured and killed two Union teamsters who had come from a small Federal Army post called Fort Baxter (frequently referred to as Fort Blair). [5] The bushwhackers assaulted the fort but were repulsed, eventually retreating to the prairie, where they attacked a separate Union column, leaving only a few survivors.
This list of cemeteries in Ohio includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Location of Hamilton County in Ohio. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hamilton County, Ohio. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Fort Blair can refer to: A 1774 precursor to Fort Randolph (1776), Point Pleasant, West Virginia, USA; Fort Blair, Kansas; site of the Battle of Baxter Springs
Fort Baxter, also known as Fort Blair, was a small US Army post located in the southeast corner of Kansas near present-day Baxter Springs. This area was known as the Cherokee Strip. It was one of a few Kansas forts attacked by Confederate forces during the American Civil War. At one point the Confederate government claimed authority over the ...
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In October 1863, while moving his headquarters from Fort Scott to Fort Smith, Blunt and his detachment were attacked by a Confederate force under William C. Quantrill. At the Battle of Baxter Springs Quantrill's Raiders routed and killed over 80 of Blunt's 100 escorts, including his adjutant Major Henry Curtis, son of Major General Samuel ...