15-460: Fort Stockton may refer to: Fort Stockton (San Diego, California) , a historical fort Fort Stockton, Texas , a city See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Fort Stockton Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fort Stockton . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
30-760: The Bear Flag Revolt of June 14, 1846, in California. He joined the Frémont volunteers in the California Battalion as its second in command after it was formed under Commodore Robert F. Stockton on July 18, 1846. Gillespie accompanied Frémont and Stockton to San Diego on board the USS Cyane where he participated in the peaceful occupation of San Diego and Los Angeles. Captain Gillespie, Frémont's second in command of
45-522: The Pacific Squadron , and John C. Frémont . Traveling across Mexico, he caught a ship to California, where he delivered his messages to Larkin and Sloat. Finding that Frémont was on his way to Oregon, he borrowed a horse and hurried north, where he caught up with him near the Oregon border. After delivering his messages, Gillespie turned around and headed back to California, where he helped Frémont take over
60-729: The United States Armed Forces took Old Town San Diego during the Mexican-American War . The fort was named after US Captain Samuel F. DuPont with the United States Navy that arrived on July 29, 1846, aboard USS Cyane with Major John C. Frémont and his troops, also Kit Carson and his men. Stephen Rowan and William A. T. Maddox with their troops were first to come ashore in San Diego. Those aboard Cyane rebuilt
75-572: The California Battalion, was left with from 30 to 40 men to occupy Los Angeles after it had surrendered to Frémont and Stockton's men on August 13, 1846. Frémont was sent back north to recruit more men and Stockton, with his Marines and blue coats returned to their ships of the Pacific Squadron. In Los Angeles, the largest city in California with about 3,000 residents, things might have remained peaceful, except that Capt. Gillespie had placed
90-561: The US forces to retake the fort. The fort, now retaken, was given more fortifications . The improved fort was renamed Fort Stockton after Robert F. Stockton. The fort was turned over to General Stephen Watts Kearny . Fort Stockton became the United States headquarters while forces ended the Californio revolt in early 1847. The Mormon Battalion camped at Fort Stockton shortly in 1847. At the end of
105-646: The exchanged American prisoners and several American residents. Later, Gillespie's forces fought in the Battle of San Pasqual , the Battle of Dominguez Rancho , and the Battle of Rio San Gabriel with U.S. Marines and California Battalion members successfully ending the abortive four-month battle for Los Angeles and southern California. The Treaty of Cahuenga in January 1847 ended all hostilities in California. Returning to Washington, D.C., in 1847, he subsequently served there and at Pensacola, Florida , until resigning from
120-465: The fort, city and port at San Diego, and the fort was retaken. Mexican Ramon Carrillo and Captain Leonardo Cota returned with troops to retake the fort on October 26, 1846. But on October 31, 1846, Commodore Robert F. Stockton arrived aboard the frigate USS Congress . The vessel was loaded with troops under Archibald H. Gillespie . Mexicans Santiago Arguello and Miguel de Pedrorena joined
135-437: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_Stockton&oldid=1177015056 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fort Stockton (San Diego, California) Fort Stockton , later called Fort Dupont ,
150-580: The old fort on the hill. After rebuilding the fort Frémont and most of his troops marched to Los Angeles. Cyane also went to Los Angeles to take Los Angeles. Captain Ezekiel Merritt and John Bidwell stayed behind and held Fort Dupont. The fort was abandoned shortly to Mexican Californios , Francisco Rico and Serbulo Varela with 50 of his troops. The US chartered the whaling ship Magnolia to take troops and supplies to San Diego. The Magnolia crew of 35 sailors and 15 volunteers landed and laid siege to
165-734: The short war with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848, Fort Stockton was abandoned on September 25, 1848. The Fort Stockton site is now a hill in Presidio Park . A historical marker was placed on the hill on August 3, 1991, by the State Department of Parks and Recreation working with the San Diego City Department of Parks and Recreation and Squibob Chapter, E Clampus Vitus . Archibald H. Gillespie Major Archibald H. Gillespie (October 10, 1812 – August 16, 1873)
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#1732854939293180-730: The town under martial law . Californians "...could not walk two together down the street, nor gather together in their houses under any pretext..." greatly angering many of the Californios. On September 23, 1846, about 200–300 Californios staged a revolt, under Captain José Maria Flores , and exchanged shots with the Americans in their quarters at the Government House. Gillespie and his men withdrew from their headquarters in town to Fort Moore Hill which, unfortunately, had no water. Gillespie
195-529: Was a historical fortress in San Diego, California , built in 1828. The Fort Stockton site is a California Historical Landmark No. 54, listed on December 6, 1932. The fort was built by New Spain 's Carlos Carrillo to overlook Pueblo de San Diego and San Diego Bay in Alta California . New Spain abandoned the fort in 1837. The fort became United States Army Fort Dupont from July 1846 to November 1846 when
210-894: Was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the Mexican–American War . Born in New York City, Gillespie was commissioned in the Marine Corps in 1832. He commanded the Marine Guard on board the USS Fairfield , USS Vincennes , USS North Carolina , and USS Brandywine . On October 30, 1845, Lt. Gillespie was sent by President James Polk with secret messages to the U.S. Consul Thomas O. Larkin in Monterey, California , Commodore John D. Sloat in command of
225-596: Was caught in a trap, outnumbered more than ten to one by the besiegers. John Brown, an American, called by the Californios Juan Flaco , meaning "Lean John," succeeded in breaking through the Californio lines and riding to Yerba Buena, where he delivered to Stockton a dispatch from Gillespie notifying him of the situation. Gillespie, on September 30, finally accepted the terms of capitulation and departed for San Pedro with his forces, weapons and flags plus two cannon (the others were spiked and left behind), accompanied by
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