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

Other forts in the frontier fort system were Forts [[Fort Griffin|Griffin]], [[Fort Concho|Concho]], [[Fort Belknap (Newcastle, Texas)|Belknap]], [[Fort Richardson, Texas|Richardson]], [[Fort Stockton, Texas|Stockton]], [[Fort Davis National Historic Site|Davis]], [[Fort Bliss|Bliss]], Mason, [[Fort McKavett State Historic Site|McKavett]], [[Fort Clark, Texas|Clark]], [[Fort McIntosh, Texas|McIntosh]], [[Fort Inge|Inge]], [[Fort Lancaster|Lancaster]] and [[Fort Phantom Hill|Phantom Hill]] in Texas, and [[Fort Sill]] in [[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, Texas|Red River Station]], and Mountain Pass between Fort Concho and Fort Griffin.<ref name=Carter/>{{rp|49}}

==Major Neighbors==
[[Robert Neighbors]] met with the southern band of [[Comanches]] and their chiefs Sanaco, [[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]], 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]] (#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]]
*[[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]]
[[Category:American Civil War forts|Chadbourne]]
[[Category:Texas in the American Civil War]]
[[Category:Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas|Chadbourne]]
[[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]]

Fort Chadbourne - Revision history

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