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Seco Creek in front of the fort
Fort Lincoln is a town in Medina County , Texas . It was established on July 7, 1849, by Major James Longstreet , with two companies of the Eighth United States Infantry,[ 1] after the Mexican–American War . The fort is named in honor of Captain George Lincoln who was killed in the Battle of Buena Vista .[ 2] The fort was abandoned on July 20, 1852.[ 3]
A line of seven army posts were established in 1848-49 after the Mexican War to protect the settlers of West Texas and included Fort Worth , Fort Graham , Fort Gates , Fort Croghan , Fort Martin Scott , Fort Lincoln and Fort Duncan .[ 1]
Other famous officers stationed here include Richard Irving Dodge and William Steele .[ 4]
^ a b Crimmins, M.L., 1943, The First Line of Army Posts Established in West Texas in 1849, Abilene: West Texas Historical Association, Vol. XIX, pp. 121-127
^ "FORT LINCOLN | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)" . Tshaonline.org. Retrieved June 13, 2012 .
^ "Fort Lincoln, Texas" . Texasescapes.com. Retrieved June 13, 2012 .
^ Crook, C., and Crook, G., 1964, Fort Lincoln, Texas, in Texas Military History, Vol. 4, Fall, 1964, No. 3, A Quarterly Publication of the National Guard Association of Texas, p. 160
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