9th Cavalry Regiment Fort Union Nm Mugs

Fort Union served as the headquarters of the 8th Cavalry in the early 1870s and as the headquarters of the 9th Cavalry in the late 1870s during the Apache Wars The 9th Cavalry was headquartered at Fort Union from 1875 to 1881 various times from 1873 through 1885.

Fort Union served as the headquarters of the 8th Cavalry in the early 1870s and as the headquarters of the 9th Cavalry in the late 1870s during the Apache Wars The 8th was actively engaged in trying to control various Native American tribes and bands in Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas in the Indian Wars between 1867 and 1888.