num_pages: 410
description: Fort Millard Fillmore, named for the thirteenth President of the United States, was the first U.S. Army fort established in southern New Mexico Territory. Its primary purpose was to control the various Apache bands that roamed throughout the area. Many of the general officers who served at Fort Fillmore became leading officers in the Confederacy and Union. Its soldiers participated in the first Civil War conflict in the West - the Battle of Mesilla. It was abandoned when Major Isaac Lynde led the U.S. Army forces up to San Augustine Springs where they surrendered to Texas Confederates. The author discovered that the Fort Fillmore cemetery still contains burials.
language: English
title: Forgotten Fortress/Fort Millard Fillmore and Antebellum New Mexico
titlecomplete: Forgotten Fortress/Fort Millard Fillmore and Antebellum New Mexico (Frontier Forts and People, 4)
genres: History
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Yucca Tree Pr