# Fort Chadbourne

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| image                = Fort Chadbourne Barracks.jpg
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| caption              = Fort Chadbourne barracks 
| nearest_city         = [Bronte, Texas](/source/Bronte%2C_Texas)
| locmapin             = Texas#USA
| map_label            = Fort Chadbourne
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| coordinates          = {{coord|32|2|4|N|100|14|41|W|display=inline,title}}
| built                = {{Start date|1852}}
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| area                 = {{convert|22.5|acre}}
| added                = April 2, 1973
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| refnum               = 73001962<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
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'''Fort Chadbourne''' was a [fort](/source/fort) established by the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) on October 28, 1852,<ref name=Carter/>{{rp|49}} in what is now [Coke County, Texas](/source/Coke_County%2C_Texas), to protect the western [frontier](/source/frontier) and the [Butterfield Overland Mail](/source/Butterfield_Overland_Mail) route.  It was named after Lt. T.L. Chadbourne, who was killed in the [Battle of Resaca de la Palma](/source/Battle_of_Resaca_de_la_Palma). It was defended by Companies A and K of the [8th U.S. Infantry](/source/8th_U.S._Infantry).<ref name=Carter/>{{rp|49}}  During the early days of the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War), the fort surrendered to the [Confederates](/source/Confederate_States_Army) on February 28, 1861, even before the Confederate shelling of [Fort Sumter, South Carolina](/source/Fort_Sumter%2C_South_Carolina), but was reoccupied by federal troops from 1865 to 1867.

Other forts in the frontier fort system were Forts [Griffin](/source/Fort_Griffin), [Concho](/source/Fort_Concho), [Belknap](/source/Fort_Belknap_(Newcastle%2C_Texas)), [Richardson](/source/Fort_Richardson%2C_Texas), [Stockton](/source/Fort_Stockton%2C_Texas), [Davis](/source/Fort_Davis_National_Historic_Site), [Bliss](/source/Fort_Bliss), Mason, [McKavett](/source/Fort_McKavett_State_Historic_Site), [Clark](/source/Fort_Clark%2C_Texas), [McIntosh](/source/Fort_McIntosh%2C_Texas), [Inge](/source/Fort_Inge), [Lancaster](/source/Fort_Lancaster), and [Phantom Hill](/source/Fort_Phantom_Hill) in Texas, and [Fort Sill](/source/Fort_Sill) in [Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma).<ref name=Carter>Carter, R.G., On the Border with Mackenzie, 1935, Washington D.C.: Enyon Printing Co.</ref>{{rp|48}}  "Subposts or intermediate stations" also were used, including Bothwick's Station on Salt Creek between Fort Richardson and Fort Belknap, Camp Wichita near Buffalo Springs between Fort Richardson and [Red River Station](/source/Red_River_Station%2C_Texas), and Mountain Pass between Fort Concho and Fort Griffin.<ref name=Carter/>{{rp|49}}

==Major Neighbors==
[Robert Neighbors](/source/Robert_Neighbors) met with the southern band of [Comanches](/source/Comanches) and their chiefs Sanaco, [Buffalo Hump](/source/Buffalo_Hump), Ketsume, and Yellow Wolf near the fort over 10 days starting on 24 August 1853.<ref name=Neighbors>Neighbours, K.F., 1975, ''Robert Neighbors and the Texas Frontier, 1836-1859'', Waco: Texian Press</ref>{{rp|112}}  "All topics of interest to the Comanches were discussed".<ref name=Neighbors/>{{rp|113}}
Neighbors communicated with [Seth Eastman](/source/Seth_Eastman), while Seth was a captain at the fort in 1856 and was responsible for the Brazos Indian Reservation, about Comanche depredations in the area.<ref name=Neighbors/>{{rp|171}}

==Preservation==
Fort Chadbourne, a Texas state historical site, was also added in 1973 to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) (#73001962).
The small community of Fort Chadbourne, Texas, is located a few miles to the southwest of the original fort.

<gallery>
File:Fort Chadbourne Officer's Quarters.jpg|Fort Chadbourne officer's quarters
File:Fort Chadbourne Texas Historical Marker.jpg|Fort Chadbourne Texas Historical Marker
File:Fort Chadbourne Stage Station.jpg|Fort Chadbourne reconstructed stage station
File:Fort Chadbourne museum.jpg|Fort Chadbourne museum
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|National Register of Historic Places|Texas}}
*[Texas Forts Trail](/source/Texas_Forts_Trail)
*[Forts of Texas](/source/Forts_of_Texas)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons}}
*{{Gnis|1378311|Fort Chadbourne}}
*[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qbf08 Fort Chadbourne]
*[http://www.fortchadbourne.org/ Official Web Site]

{{National Register of Historic Places in Texas}}
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{{Coke County, Texas}}
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Category:Buildings and structures in Coke County, Texas
Category:Butterfield Overland Mail in Texas
Chadbourne
Category:Texas in the American Civil War
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Category:1852 establishments in Texas
Category:Museums in Coke County, Texas
Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Coke County, Texas
Category:Stagecoach stops in the United States
Category:Butterfield Overland Mail stations

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