Historical Marker
Fort Sill
Historical marker location:
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
( Marker is on Sheridan Road west of H.E. Bailey Turnpike (Interstate 44), on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1998
The US Army post was named in 1869 for Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill, killed in the Battle of Stone River, Tennessee, during the Civil War. The frontier post was previously referred to as "Camp on Medicine Bluff Creek" or "Camp Wichita.".