# Fort Barrett

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{{Short description|Temporary Civil War fort in Arizona}}
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|name=Fort Barrett
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|location=[Bapchule](/source/Bapchule%2C_Arizona), [Arizona](/source/Arizona)
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|type=[Army](/source/Army) [fortification](/source/fortification)
|built=1862
|builder={{flagicon|United States}} [United States](/source/United_States)
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|controlledby={{flag|Arizona}}
|garrison=
|past_commanders={{flagicon|United States|1861}} [James H. Carleton](/source/James_H._Carleton)
|occupants= {{flagicon|United States|1861}} [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army)
|battles=[American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War)
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'''Fort Barrett''' was a temporary [earthwork](/source/Earthworks_(archaeology)) built by the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army)'s [California Column](/source/California_Column) in 1862 during the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War). It was located in the [Pima Villages](/source/Pima_Villages) two miles from the [Gila River](/source/Gila_River) nearby [Casa Blanca](/source/Casa_Blanca%2C_Arizona), [New Mexico Territory](/source/New_Mexico_Territory) and was built around the [mill](/source/White's_Mill_(Casa_Blanca%2C_Arizona)) of settler [Ammi M. White](/source/Ammi_M._White) to protect it and provide a safe location to gather food and forage from the Pima people for the advance on [Tucson](/source/Tucson). The fort was named after [Lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant) [James Barrett](/source/James_Barrett_(Civil_War)) who was killed in the [Battle of Picacho Peak](/source/Battle_of_Picacho_Peak).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northamericanforts.com/West/az2.html|title=Arizona Forts: page 2|publisher=|accessdate=28 April 2017}}</ref><ref>[http://www.griccrmp.com/PDF%20Files/Peoples%20of%20the%20Middle%20Gila.pdf John P. Wilson, Peoples of the Middle Gila: A Documentary History of the Pimas and Maricopas, 1500s – 1945, Researched and Written for the Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona, 1998 (revised July 1999) Report No. 77, Las Cruces, New Mexico, pp. 190–191] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711130007/http://www.griccrmp.com/PDF%20Files/Peoples%20of%20the%20Middle%20Gila.pdf |date=July 11, 2011 }}</ref> Following the [capture of Tucson](/source/Capture_of_Tucson_(1862)) in May the construction of the post ceased, and was abandoned, except as a post for [vedettes](/source/vedette_(sentry)) and express riders.

==References==
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Category:Archaeological sites in Arizona
Barrett
Category:Military history of Arizona
Category:Arizona in the American Civil War
Category:1862 establishments in the United States

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