Fort Sanders (Wyo.)

Scope Note: Geographic subdivision usage: Wyoming Fort Sanders Variant(s): Fort John Buford (Wyo.) John Buford, Fort (Wyo.) Sanders, Fort (Wyo.) See also: Fortification --Wyoming Found in: Work cat.: NUCMC data from Wyoming State Archives for Moonlight, T. Papers, 1887-1889 (Fort Sanders) Encyc. of historic forts, 1988: p. 862 (Wyoming: Fort Sanders (Fort John Buford); located about two miles south of the present city of Laramie in Albany Co.; est. July 10, 1866; originally named Fort John Buford in honor of Civil War Maj. Gen. who died on Dec. 16, 1863; officially designated Fort Sanders a month later in honor of Brig. Gen. William P. Sanders, who died on Nov. 19, 1863, of mortal wounds suffered at Knoxville, Tenn.; abandoned on May 18, 1882, the military reservation was transferred to the Interior Dept. on Aug. 22, 1882, for disposition)