Fort Harker in Stevenson, Alabama

[Johnny Reb]

Can anyone give me any Info or tell me where I might can find some info on Fort Harker?

[Spinster]

Re: Fort Harker in Stevenson, Alabama

I'm betting you want the Fort Harker that is in your own backyard, and not the one in Kansas.

http://stevensondepotmuseum.com/fortharker.html

First--contact your local historical society--somebody there has a copy of the application made to place the Fort on the National Historic Register. This will give you a pretty good run down of the historical significance of the place, including names of the major players at the time. I bet the geneological section of the Stevenson library has a small locally published booket as well.

Then, look to the OR's for detailed accounts of actions in the area.

[Johnny Reb]

Re: Fort Harker in Stevenson, Alabama

thanks terre...i have tried all of that and no one seems to want to help or even cares about the fort.

[LWhite64]

Re: Fort Harker in Stevenson, Alabama

There was a little about it in the recent Blue and Gray issue that dealt with the first part of the Chickamauga Campaign, Fall 2006. Also you might want to contact Jim Ogden at Chickamauga about it.

Lee