Fort Bayard (2)

Fort Bayard (2) (1866-1900) - A U.S. Army post established in 1866 after the U.S. Civil War near present day Santa Clara in Grant County, New Mexico. Named for Brigadier General George D. Bayard (Cullum 1721), who died 14 Dec 1862 of wounds received at Fredericksburg during the U.S. Civil War. Abandoned as a garrisoned post in 1900 and became U.S. Army Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Fort Bayard (2) History Established 21 Aug 1866 during the Sioux Indian Wars to protect miners from hostile Indians. The post was built out as an open plan, four company post built around a central parade. The officer's quarters line the northwest side of the parade and the four enlisted barracks lined the opposite side. Discontinued as a garrisoned post on 2 Jan 1900 and turned over for use as a U.S. Army Tuberculosis Sanitarium. On 1 May 1922 Fort Bayard became a VA hospital. In 1965 the State of New Mexico assumed control of the post as a long term health care facility and it remained so until it was abandoned in 2010. Fort Bayard (2) Partial Commanders List (edit list) Assumed Relieved Rank Name Cullum Notes 1869-10-04 1870-08-01  Maj. Mason, John S. 1339 1881-04-29 1881-10-26 “Lt. Col. Swaine, Peter T. 1559 1882 1882-12-13  Maj. Mizner, John K. 1743 1888-03-24 1895-04-25  Col. Bliss, Zenas R. 1671 1895-05-18 1896-10 “Col. Kent, Jacob F. 1918 1899-06-28 1899-11  Capt. Read, George W. 3008 Dates are formatted in yyyy-mm-dd to sort correctly. The Cullum Number is the graduation order from the United States Military Academy by year and class rank and links to a page for the officer on the website version of the Cullum Register. Listings without a Cullum Number indicate that the person was not a graduate of the United States Military Academy. Current Status Abandoned Veterans Administration Hospital now state owned near Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico. {"selectable":false,"width":"500"} Location: Near Santa Clara in Grant County, New Mexico. Maps & Images Lat: 32.797834 Long: -108.149465 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 6115' Sources: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 522 Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2,page 97-98 USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 919967 Links: North American Forts - Fort Bayard Fort Bayard Visited: No