Fort Sanders (Wyoming)
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fort-sanders-wyoming-197-8492513
title:
Fort Sanders (Wyoming)
text:
Fort Sanders was a wooden fort constructed in 1866 on the Laramie Plains in southern Wyoming, near the city of Laramie. Originally named Fort John Buford, it was renamed Fort Sanders after General William P. Sanders, who died at the Siege of Knoxville during the American Civil War. This was the second fort to be named after Sanders, the first being in Knoxville, Tennessee. The fort was originally intended to protect travelers on the nearby Overland Trail from Indian attacks, but later the garris
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
United States historic place
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sanders_(Wyoming)
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date modified:
2024-04-26T06:02:22Z
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13
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