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Fort Mitchell was constructed and manned in autumn 1864 by Company “H” of the Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry under Captain J. S. Shuman. In February 1865 they helped defend Mud Springs Station against an attack by Cheyenne.
The site is now preserved and interpreted as the Fort Mitchell Historic Site, complete with a visitors’ center, reconstructed fortifications, carriage house, and the Chattahoochee Indian Heritage Center.
Fort Mitchell, Nebraska, was a short-lived Army post that operated for three years in present-day Scotts Bluff County in the western portion of the state. The outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 stretched the Federal Government’s resources for the West thin, making it increasingly difficult for the government to protect emigrants and other ...
Article Summary: Fort Mitchell was small and did not last long, but in its time it was a vital link in the chain of army posts on the settlers’ way to the West. (Mattes delivered this address on the one-hundredth anniversary of the first travel on the Oregon Trail.)
Fort Mitchell, Nebraska, was an Army fort in service from 1864 to 1867, located in present-day Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.
Fort Mitchell was one of a series of new outposts of Fort Laramie then erected at the behest of Brig. Gen. Robert B. Mitchell, commander of the military district of Nebraska.
21 wrz 2023 · Situated in the vast expanse of what is now Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, Fort Mitchell stood as a symbol of American military presence in the 1860s. Established as Camp Shuman to the northwest of the iconic Mitchell Pass , its foundations were laid in 1864.
