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Fort Sedgwick Requisition for Forage for Public Horses.

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 300.00 USD
Fort Sedgwick Requisition for Forage for Public Horses.
SOLD
100.00USDto R*******8+ buyer's premium (19.50)
This item SOLD at 2014 Sep 13 @ 16:14UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Three horses were requisitioned and approved by Fort Sedgwick, originally called Camp Rankin, which was located opposite the mouth of Lodgepole Creek about a mile upriver from Julesburg. Named after Major John Sedgwick who later became a Union General and was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House during the Civil War. When Julesburg was raided by Indians in February, 1865, its few citizens fled to Fort Sedgwick and watched as their town burned to the ground. The small military force at Fort Sedgwick was unable to prevent the Sioux and Cheyenne from burning Julesburg and killing eighteen defenders in revenge for the Sand Creek Massacre the previous November. Fort Sedgwick was critical to protecting immigrant wagon trains and the building of the transcontinental railroad. It is also the fort in the Kevin Costner movie, "Dancing with Wolves."City: Fort SedgwickCounty: SedgwickState: CODate: 1866