urn:taro:utexas.cah.02116 A Guide to the Fort Ewell Records, 1852-1854 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. November 2010 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Fort Ewell (Tex.) Fort Ewell Records 1852-1854 Materials are written in English. 84-211 1/4 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Containing quartermaster records, the Fort Ewell Records, 1852-1854, concern the administration and acquisition of supplies for Fort Ewell, Fort Merrill, and the U.S. Army’s Regiment of Mounted Riflemen. Historical Note

Named after Mexican War veteran Captain Richard S. Ewell, Fort Ewell in present-day La Salle County, Texas, was established in the 1852 on the Nueces River to guard the frontier and the San Antonio-Laredo Road. It housed numerous companies of the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, now the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment, of the U.S. Army. Because of its poor location, Fort Ewell was abandoned in 1854.

Source:

Leatherwood, Art. Fort Ewell. Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed December 2, 2010. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qcf03.

 Scope and Contents

Containing quartermaster records, the Fort Ewell Records, 1852-1854, concern the administration and acquisition of supplies for Fort Ewell, Fort Merrill, and the U.S. Army’s Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, including soldier W. E. Jones. The quartermaster records consist of requisitions, invoices, receipts, and returns for forage.

 Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Jones, W. E. Subjects (Organizations) Fort Ewell (Tex.) -- Archives. United States. Army -- Supplies and stores. United States. Army. Armored Cavalry Regiment, 3rd. Subjects Military administration -- Texas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Places Fort Merrill (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Preferred Citation

Fort Ewell Records, 1852-1854, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Processing Information

This collection was processed by John Mullin, May 1986.

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2J113 Records, 1852-1854