Fort Grant (1)

 (1860-1873) - A U.S. Army post established in 1860 as Camp San Pedro River by Captain Richard S. Ewell and troops from the 1st U.S. Dragoons at Fort Buchanan. Located on the north bank of Aravaipa Creek south of present day Dudleyville in Pinal County, Arizona. See name history below. Abandoned in 1873 for Fort Grant (2). Also known as Fort Aravaipa, Fort Breckinridge (1), Camp Stanford and Camp Grant (1).

History
The second U.S. Army post in the Arizona Territory in the Gadsden Purchase. Established to protect emigrant wagon trains and to control hostile Apache Indians.

The garrison was withdrawn at the beginning of the U.S. Civil War and it was burned to prevent it from being used by intruding Confederates from Texas. The fort was regarrisoned by on 18 May 1862 by California volunteer troops under Lieutenant Colonel Joseph R. West who renamed the post Camp Stanford. That garrison was withdrawn on 29 Jun 1862 and the post remained without a garrison until after the war.

In October 1865 Colonel Thomas F. Wright, 2nd California Volunteer Infantry, reestablished the post and on 1 Nov 1865 it was renamed Camp Grant (1).

The camp was abandoned on 31 Mar 1873 in favor of a new Fort Grant (2) established in present day Graham County. The old site was turned over to the Department of the Interior for disposal on 22 Jul 1884.

Current Status
Few remains on private property south of Dudleyville, Pinal County, Arizona

Sources:
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Links:
 * North American Forts - Camp Grant
 * Wikipedia - Camp Grant