New commander takes over Fort Carson garrisonJakob Rodgers
Robert Anderson was a Union officer during the American Civil War. Anderson was the commander of the Federal garrison at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces under P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire on his position. This marked the beginning
was just north of Fort St. Jean. James Livingston is credited in convincing Montgomery to take the fort, near where his militia was encamped. He rightfully proposed that the capture would disillusion the garrison at St. Jean. It would also lay claim to the fort’s supplies and ammunition; ...
also housed many other businesses within its multi floors. Carson Aitken Spence & Company Ltd., Cumberbatch & Company Ltd., and Muller & Phipps were two of them. The bank occupied the ground and basement floors.
Our standard practice is that we -- we delegate a senior mission commander to take the role of running the garrison activities. So in this case, it had been a standard practice that we've used for, I think, over a decade in the formation. With respect to the comments that we both ...
Garrison life quickly made five-year enlistments seem endless. The frontier army's desertion rate was 33 percent from 1865 to 1890—although Ordnance Sgt. Leodegar Schnyder served 37 years here. Most soldiers stationed at Fort Laramie served in the infantry, like the men of the 7th U.S. In...