Fort Wingate

Fort Wingate

Fort Wingate is located near Gallup, New Mexico. There were two locations in New Mexico that had this name. The first one was located near San Rafael. The current fort was established on the southern edge of the Navajo territory in 1862. The initial purpose of the fort was to control the large Navajo tribe to its North. It was involved with the Navajo's Long Walk. From 1870 onward the garrison was concerned with Apaches to the South and 100s of Navajo Scouts were enlisted at the fort through 1890.

Infobox Military Structure
name=Fort Wingate
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location=near Gallup, New Mexico 35°28'4" N 108°32'26" W


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built=1862
builder= U.S. Army
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used= currently storage facility
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garrison=Navajo Scouts,4th, 8th, 9th Cavalry & 13th, 15th Infantry
commanders=Kit Carson, William Redwood Price
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battles=Apache Wars, Navajo Wars
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History

*1860 A temporary post Fort Fauntleroy was established at Bear Springs (Ojo del Oso), a place visited by Navajos. Later it was renamed Fort Lyon, when General Thomas T. Fauntleroy, for whom the Fort was originally named, joined the Confederates.
*1862 The post was renamed Fort Wingate after the abandonment of an army post of that name located 60 miles away in San Rafael, New Mexico. It was named for Maj. Benjamin Wingate, 5th U.S. Infantry, who received wounds to his legs during the Battle of Valverde.
**September General Edward Canby ordered that a new Fort to be placed at the head waters of the Gallo River. It was designed to house 4 companies of troops.
*1864 Col. Kit Carson was ordered by Canby to bring 4 companies of the First New Mexico Volunteers to the fort to control the Navajo.
*1865 there were 3,089 troops in the New Mexico Military District, 135 at Fort Wingate.
* It was the staging point for Navajos being sent on the Long Walk
*1873 - 1886 Participated in Apache Wars with troops and recruited Navajo Scouts.
*1878 there were 137 troops at Fort Wingate.
*Was asked to settle disagreements between Navajo and citizens in New Mexico 1868-1895.
*1891 Assisted Arizona units with angry Hopis
*1907 2 troops of the 5th Cavalry went from Ft Wingate to the Four Corners area after some armed Navajo. This was the last armed expedition the US Government ever made against the Indians. One Navajo was killed and the rest escaped
*1911 A company of Cavarly went from Ft. Wingate to Chaco Canyon and camped there several days to quell a possible uprising by Navajo
*1914 Over 2,000 Mexican soldiers and their families were given refuge at the fort from the Mexican Civil War
*1918 Fort Wingate focus turned from Navajo to World War I .
*1940 Used to store munitions from World War II onward.
*Redstone and the Pershing-1 rockets were tested among other things at Wingate

Famous military figures

Several famous military commanders cycled through Fort Wingate's history.
* Lt. Gatewood (later convinced Gerinimo to surrender) led many patrols out of Wingate
*1881-85 General Douglas MacArthur lived at the Fort as an infant, with his father who was a Captain in command of Company K, 13th US Infantry.
*1889-90 General John J. (Black Jack) Pershing served as Lieutenant at the Fort.

The above extracted from (AMCIS-102 dated 1 July 1970 Ft Wingate).

External links

* http://www.astronautix.com/sites/forngate.htm Includes chronology and launch log.
* http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/fort-wingate.htm Includes comprehensive history on Fort Wingate.


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