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This ground was Fort Clark’s Military Cemetery from 1856 to the 1880s. One of the first burials was 2nd Lt. Brayton C. Ives, 1st inf., a West Point graduate who died here on June 27, 1857. Succeeding burials included dozens of military personnel, dependents, and civilians. Pvt. Peter Corrigan, 4th U. S. Cav., the only casualty of Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie’s raid to Remolino, Mexico, was laid to rest here in may 1873. In 1880, a second cemetery opened south of the main post and this site became inactive. All burials here were reinterred at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in 1946. A historic limestone wall encloses the space. Some original headstones have been preserved. |
