Adopt a Fort. Below is a list of Forts in NM. You may adopt a Fort to write up a short story about each such as: When established; How many men;
When decommissioned; GPS, driving directions; county location; censuses and photos. You may use online sources and history books as long as you
give credit/source and put all short quotes in quotation marks.
Camp or Fort: A difference exists between a Military camp and a Military fort. A military camp or bivouac is a semi-permanent facility for the lodging of an army.
Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training or operations, and often have the form of large campsites.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A Military fort is a fortified place or position stationed with troops. It is a more permanent army post.
A Military Post can be a camp, fort or other location used by the military. Please send us photos you may have of a NM Fort.

Background: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Department of New Mexico was part of the Department of the West then an independent Department following the breakup of that Division into the Department of the Missouri of the United States Army during the Civil War. On July 27, 1865 the Military Division of the Pacific was created under Major General Henry W. Halleck, replacing the Department of the Pacific, consisting of the Department of the Columbia that now consisted of the State of Oregon and the Territories of Washington and Idaho and the expanded Department of California that now consisted of the States of California and Nevada and the Territory of New Mexico and Territory of Arizona. The Military Forts and Camps in New Mexico were:

Buffalo Soldiers of New Mexico Ft. Stanton

Buffalo Soldiers of New Mexico Ft. Bayard

Camp Cody Deming

Camp Furlong Columbus

Fort Bayard National Cemetery Ft. Bayard

Fort Selden Troops 1865-1891 Ft. Seldon

Holy Cross Cemetery Deming

Holy Cross Sanitarium Deming

Historical Forts of New Mexico Statewide

Lincoln 1860 Census Ft. Stanton Ft. Stanton

Pancho Villa's Raid Camp Columbus

Fort Name	County	Volunteer
Camp Ojo Caliente (Camp)	Socorro	C. W. Barnum
Camp Cody (Camp)	Luna County	Link
Cantonment Burgwin (Camp)	Taos	C. W. Barnum
Camp Columbus (Camp)	Luna	C. W. Barnum
Camp Datil (Camp)	Catron	C. W. Barnum
Camp French (Camp)	Sierra	C. W. Banum
Camp Fleming (Camp)	Sierra	C. W. Barnum
Camp Furlong (Camp)	Luna County	Link
Camp Luna (Camp)	San Miguel	C. W. Barnum
Camp Mimbres (Camp)	Grant	C. W. Barnum
Camp Monarch (Camp)	Grant	C. W. Barnum
Camp Petterson (Camp)	Sierra	C. W. Barnum
Camp Plummer (Camp)	Rio Arriba	C. W. Barnum
Camp Sherman (Camp)	Catron	C. W. Barnum
Camp Vincent (Camp)	Catron	C. W. Barnum
Camp Wing (Camp)	Sierra	C. W. Barnum
Fort Marcy	Santa Fe	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Bascom	San Miguel	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Bayard	Grant County	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Bassett	Quay	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Canby or Ft. Defiance	NM Territory	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Conrad	Socorro	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Craig	Socorro	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Cummings	Luna	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Defiance or Ft. Canby	NM Territory	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Fillmore	Dona Ana	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Fauntleroy	McKinley	C. W. Barnum
Ft. McLane	Grant	C. W. Barnum
Ft. McRae	Sierra	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Selden Springs	Radium Springs, Dona Ana	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Stanton	Lincoln County	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Sumner	De Baca	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Thorn	Dona Ana	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Tularosa	Aragon, Catron Co.	Arlena Boggs
Ft. Union	Near Las Vegas, San Miguel Co.	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Webster	Grant	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Wingate I	McKinley	C. W. Barnum
Ft. Wingate II	McKinley	C. W. Barnum
Ft. West	Near Cliff, Grant County	Arlena Boggs

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