“Fort Arbuckle, Texas? From a sketch by a U.S. Government draughtsman.” ... per "Harper’s Weekly Magazine," March 14, 1861. Of course, Fort Arbuckle was not in Texas but was on Wildhorse Creek near the Washita River in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Garvin County, Oklahoma), about 50 miles north of the Red River.
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