Fort Crittenden was established on August 10, 1867 at the head of
Davidson Canyon, a half mile from the site of
Fort Buchanan, which was built in 1856 and abandoned after the
Battle of Fort Buchanan in 1865. The fort was named for
Colonel Thomas L. Crittenden, who was the commander of the 5th Division in the
Army of the Ohio at
Shiloh, the Left Wing of the Army of the Cumberland at
Stones River, and the
XXI Corps at
Chickamauga during the
American Civil War. The fort was closed on June 1, 1873. Deteriorating adobe walls and dirt mounds mark the site which is on private property. ==References==