Fort Sully was one of the main military posts located on the east bank of the Missouri river in central Dakota built for use in the Indian Wars. There were two forts named Sully—old Fort Sully, which was in existence and occupied from 1863 to 1866, and the later, or new Fort Sully, which was established in 1866 and was continuously occupied as a military fort until its abandonment in the fall of 1894.
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| - Fort Sully was one of the main military posts located on the east bank of the Missouri river in central Dakota built for use in the Indian Wars. There were two forts named Sully—old Fort Sully, which was in existence and occupied from 1863 to 1866, and the later, or new Fort Sully, which was established in 1866 and was continuously occupied as a military fort until its abandonment in the fall of 1894.
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Commanders
| - Lt. Col. Edward M. Bartlett, 30th Wisconsin
Major Albert E. House, 6th Iowa Cavalry
Lt. Col. John Pattee, 7th Iowa Cavalry
Colonel David S. Stanley, 22nd Infantry
Captain Robert H. Offley, 1st Infantry companies F and H
Major Henry M. Lazelle, 1st Infantry
Captain Leslie Smith, 1st Infantry
Captain Thomas M. Tolman, 1st Infantry
Major Charles G. Bartlett, 11th Infantry
Lt. Col. Edwin F. Townsend, 11th Infantry
Colonel Richard I. Dodge, 11th Infantry
Major William H. Penrose, 12th Infantry
Major Jesse. A. P. Hampson, 12th Infantry
Major James H. Gageby, 12th Infantry
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Location
| - old Fort Sully: Hughes County, about 4.5 miles southeast of Pierre, South Dakota
Fort Sully II: Sully County, 30 miles farther up, and on the same side of the Missouri, and about 20 miles below the mouth of the Cheyenne River.
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| - Fort Sully was one of the main military posts located on the east bank of the Missouri river in central Dakota built for use in the Indian Wars. There were two forts named Sully—old Fort Sully, which was in existence and occupied from 1863 to 1866, and the later, or new Fort Sully, which was established in 1866 and was continuously occupied as a military fort until its abandonment in the fall of 1894.
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