Fort Cobb

Historical marker location:

98 Hazlett Street, Fort Cobb, Oklahoma

( Marker is at the intersection of Hazlett Street (State Highway 9) and Mopope Street, on the left when traveling south on Hazlett Street.)

Marker installed: 1949

Established October 1, 1859, Fort Cobb was manned by Federal troops to allay fears of raids by Plains Indians on Choctaws, Chickasaws, and white settlers moving West. Four companies of infantry were garrisoned at the fort until it was evacuated in May of 1861. During the Civil War, the fort was occupied by Confederate soldiers. After the Battle of the Washita (1868), Fort Cobb was headquarters of General W. B. Hazen, special Indian agent, General Philip H. Sheridan, and Colonel George Armstrong Custer. The US Army abandoned the post in March of 1869.