Photograph of U.S. Cavalry Troop

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Description

Pictured are members of Troop C, probably of the 5th Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army, Fort Grant, Arizona, in 1881. The post, designated a fort on April 5, 1879, and named after President Ulysses S. Grant, was intended to defend area settlers against Apache Indians. With the onset of the Spanish-American War in 1898, troops were withdrawn from the fort and it was never regarrisoned.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.

National Archives Identifier: 530937

Full Citation: 111-SC-89532; Photograph of U.S. Cavalry Troop; 1881; Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918–ca. 1981; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Record Group 111; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/us-cavalry-troop/, April 8, 2026]

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