Fort Chadbourne

Fort Chadbourne

Fort Chadbourne was a frontier fort established by the United States Army in what is now Coke County, Texas.

It was established October 28, 1852, to protect the western frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail route. It was manned by the 8th U.S. Infantry. During the early days of the American Civil War, the fort surrendered to the Confederates on February 28, 1861.

Fort Chadbourne is a Texas State Historical site and was added to the National Register of Historic Places (#73001962) in 1973. Fort Chadbourne was established October 28, 1852 by companies A and K of the Eighth United States Infantry. The fort was named for 2nd Lt. Theodore Lincoln Chadbourne who fought and was killed in the Mexican War in the Battle of Resaca de la Palma. Fort Chadbourne is one of the frontier forts established to protect the settlers moving west.

The small community of Fort Chadbourne, Texas, is a few miles to the southwest.

7th Graders usually go here for their Texas Field Trip.

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*Davis, Charles C. [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/FF/qbf8.html "Fort Chadbourne"] . "Handbook of Texas Online", s.v. (accessed August 22, 2006).

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