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Established by Lieut. Col. Washington Seawell with six companies of the Eighth U.S. Infantry in October 1854 to protect travelers on the San Antonio-El Paso Road, Fort Davis was named for then Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. Federal troops abandoned it in April 1861 and reoccupied it in 1867. Troops from the post helped bring about the peaceful settlement and development of the region, and Fort Davis was deactivated in 1891.
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Fort Davis, Texas · United States
