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[[Fort Bayard Historic District|Fort Bayard]] was established as a [[United States Army]] installation in 1866 to protect miners and other settlers in the area along the [[Apache Trail]]. The first interment in the cemetery was made the same year the post was founded. The fort was named after [[Brigadier General]] [[George Dashiell Bayard]], who was mortally wounded at the [[Battle of Fredericksburg]] in 1862. Fifteen square miles of land were set aside as the Fort Bayard Military Reservation by presidential order in 1869. In 1886, then-[[Second Lieutenant]] [[John Pershing]] arrived at Fort Bayard and oversaw the installation of a [[heliograph]], linking the fort to an Army communications network from [[Arizona]] to [[Texas]]. | [[Fort Bayard Historic District|Fort Bayard]] was established as a [[United States Army]] installation in 1866 to protect miners and other settlers in the area along the [[Apache Trail]]. The first interment in the cemetery was made the same year the post was founded. The fort was named after [[Brigadier General]] [[George Dashiell Bayard]], who was mortally wounded at the [[Battle of Fredericksburg]] in 1862. Fifteen square miles of land were set aside as the Fort Bayard Military Reservation by presidential order in 1869. In 1886, then-[[Second Lieutenant]] [[John Pershing]] arrived at Fort Bayard and oversaw the installation of a [[heliograph]], linking the fort to an Army communications network from [[Arizona]] to [[Texas]]. | ||
Fort Bayard was one of many installations throughout the Southwest that was garrisoned by the so-called [[Buffalo Soldiers]]. Company B of the [[25th Infantry Regiment (United States)|25th United States Colored Infantry Regiment]] established the post, and they were joined by other black units, including troops from the [[9th Cavalry Regiment (United States)|9th Cavalry Regiment]]. [[Corporal]] [[Clinton Greaves]], stationed at Fort Bayard with C Company, 9th Cavalry Regiment, received the | Fort Bayard was one of many installations throughout the Southwest that was garrisoned by the so-called [[Buffalo Soldiers]]. Company B of the [[25th Infantry Regiment (United States)|25th United States Colored Infantry Regiment]] established the post, and they were joined by other black units, including troops from the [[9th Cavalry Regiment (United States)|9th Cavalry Regiment]]. [[Corporal]] [[Clinton Greaves]], stationed at Fort Bayard with C Company, 9th Cavalry Regiment, received the Medal of Honor for his actions against Apache raiders on January 24, 1877. A monument to the Buffalo Soldiers was erected on the old parade field of Fort Bayard in 1992. | ||
[[Image:Fort Bayard New Mexico.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Fort Bayard, New Mexico (ca. 1909)]] | [[Image:Fort Bayard New Mexico.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Fort Bayard, New Mexico (ca. 1909)]] | ||
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==Notable interments== | ==Notable interments== | ||
* Sergeant [[Alonzo Bowman]] (1848–1885), | * Sergeant [[Alonzo Bowman]] (1848–1885), Medal of Honor recipient for actions in [[Arizona Territory]] during the [[Indian Wars]]. | ||
* Wagoner [[John Schnitzer]] (1854–1904), | * Wagoner [[John Schnitzer]] (1854–1904), Medal of Honor recipient for actions in [[New Mexico Territory]] during the Indian Wars. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||