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The only US fort captured in the Apache Wars

In 1865, Chiricahua Apache warriors overran Fort Buchanan in Arizona, making it the only U.S. Army post lost during the decades-long Apache Wars. The Army never rebuilt it—and never marked the site.
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"In 1861, war between the United States and the hostile Chiricahua Apaches seemed inevitable. When a young boy was kidnapped from his stepfather's ranch, Lieutenant George Bascom confronted Apache ...