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Fort Smith National Historic Site soldiers from 13 Kansas in formation on Garrison Ave.
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Fort Smith National Historic Site
People of Second Fort Smith (1838-1871)
 
Steamboat on Arkansas River with fort in background

Fort Smith NHS Collection

Fort Smith during Confederate occupation

In 1838, fourteen years after the first fort was closed, a new garrison was built at Fort Smith. A massive defensive fort was never needed, and Fort Smith eventually served as a supply depot. After the Civil War, the fort had served its usefulness and was ordered closed in 1871.
Sibley tents in front of Officers' Quarter during Civil War
Second Fort Smith
Confederate Attack on Fort Smith 1864
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deputy marshals pose with their rifles for a formal portrait

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Fort Smith National Historic Site has records of over 1,770 people employed by the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas from 1872-1896. The majority of these employees were U.S. Deputy Marshals.
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