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Fort Walla Walla is a United States Army fort located in Walla Walla, Washington. The first Fort Walla Walla was established July 1856, by Lieutenant Colonel Edward Steptoe, 9th Infantry Regiment.〔Payne, James and Schultz, Laura, 2011,''An Illustrated History of Fort Walla Walla'', Walla Walla, Washington, Fort Walla Walla Museum, p. 48〕〔U. S. Returns from Military Forts, August 1856- May 1867, viewed on September 15, 2014.〕 A second Fort Walla Walla was occupied September 23, 1856.〔Whitman Mission US National Historic Site page The Many Fort Walla Wallas, http://www.nps.gov/whmi/historyculture/the-many-fort-walla-wallas.htm, viewed on September 15, 2014.〕 The third military Fort Walla Walla was built adjoining Steptoeville, now Walla Walla, Washington, a community that had grown up around the second fort.〔 The third and permanent Fort Walla Walla was established in 1858.〔 An Executive Order on May 7, 1859 declared the fort a military reservation containing 640 acres and 640 acres each of hay and timber reserves.〔Payne, James and Schultz, Laura, 2011,''An Illustrated History of Fort Walla Walla'', Walla Walla, Washington, Fort Walla Walla Museum, p. 49〕 On September 28, 1910 soldiers from the 1st Cavalry lowered the flag closing the fort.〔Payne, James and Schultz, Laura, 2011,''An Illustrated History of Fort Walla Walla'', Walla Walla, Washington, Fort Walla Walla Museum, p. 41〕 In 1917, the fort briefly reopened to train men of the First Battalion Washington Field Artillery in support of action in World War I.〔Payne, James and Schultz, Laura, 2011,''An Illustrated History of Fort Walla Walla'', Walla Walla, Washington, Fort Walla Walla Museum, p. 42.〕 In 1921, the fort and property were turned over to the Veterans Administration where 15 original buildings from the military era remain.〔Payne, James and Schultz, Laura, 2011,''An Illustrated History of Fort Walla Walla'', Walla Walla, Washington, Fort Walla Walla Museum, p. 2.〕 Today, the complex contains a park,〔http://www.ci.walla-walla.wa.us/depts/parksrecreation/parks〕 a museum, and the Jonathan M. Wainright Memorial VA Medical Center.〔http://www.wallawalla.va.gov/〕 ==Units stationed at Fort Walla Walla〔Payne, James and Schultz, Laura, 2011,''An Illustrated History of Fort Walla Walla'', Walla Walla, Washington, Fort Walla Walla Museum, pps. 58-63〕== *1856-1858 4th Infantry Regiment (United States) *1856-1861 1st Dragoons *1856-1861 9th Infantry *1856-1858 3rd Artillery *1861-1861 2nd California Volunteers *1862-1865 1st Washington Territorial Volunteer Infantry *1862-1865 1st Oregon Volunteer Cavalry *1865-1865 1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry *1867-1873 Caretaker detachment *1873-1875 21st Infantry *1876-1884 1st Cavalry *1878-1878 2nd Infantry *1884-1890 2nd Cavalry *1890-1898 4th Cavalry *1899-1899 24th Infantry (Company M, Buffalo Soldiers) *1899-1901 6th Cavalry *1901-1902 Field Artillery *1902-1904 9th Cavalry (Buffalo Soldiers), including the Field Staff, Band and E, F, G, and H Companies *1904-1904 19th Infantry *1905-1908 14th Cavalry United States Army Indian Scouts served with troops from Fort Walla Walla until at least 1893. Indian Scouts saved the lives of many of Lt Col Steptoe's personnel during the Battle of Pine Creek. Most scouts came from the Nez Perce tribe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort Walla Walla」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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