Fort Union quartermaster depot
Depot, Mora County (near Watrous), New Mexico.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Depot
- Where
- Mora County (near Watrous), New Mexico
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Ruins
FORT UNION DEPOT
Troops from Fort Union helped turn back the Confederate invasion of New Mexico at Glorieta Pass in 1862. The third fort, begun in 1863, included a quartermaster depot with warehouses, corrals, shops and offices, the most extensive military installation in the territory.
Then
Troops from Fort Union helped turn back the Confederate invasion of New Mexico at Glorieta Pass in 1862. Construction of the third fort began in 1863, and it included a separate quartermaster depot with warehouses, corrals, shops, offices and quarters, the most extensive military installation in the territory.
Now
Ruins
Fort Union National Monument, a National Park Service unit with a visitor center museum. A trail leads through the remains of the second and third forts, and ruins of the ordnance depot are visible across the valley to the west.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by BNSF, about 8 miles away.