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This article is about the U.S. Army fort. For the civil township of the same name, see Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin

Fort Winnebago was a 19th century fortification of the United States Army located on a hill between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers in Portage, Wisconsin. It formed part of a chain of fortifications along the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway that also included Fort Howard in Green Bay, Wisconsin and Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Fort Winnebago was constructed in 1828 as part of an effort to consolidate the United States' conquests in the Winnebago War of 1827. The fort's location was chosen not only because of its proximity to the site of Red Bird's surrender in the Winnebago War, but also because of the strategic importance of Portage, Wisconsin, which, as the city's name implies, was the site of an important portage on the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway, a highly travelled connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. Fort Winnebago's location near the portage allowed it to regulate transportation between the lakes and the Mississippi.

With the exception of the participation of troops from the fort in the 1832 Black Hawk War, Fort Winnebago was not involved in any combat operations during its occupation by the U.S. Army. Instead, the garrison, which from 1829 to 1831 included Lt. Jefferson Davis (later President of the Confederate States of America), was put to work in building a military road between Portage and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and assisting with the ethnic cleansing of the Ho-Chunk nation from Wisconsin to Minnesota during the 1840s. In 1845, the absence of any real threat to peace in the region prompted the abandonment of the fort. Nine years later the site was sold into private hands, and in 1856 a fire destroyed much of the fort.

Fort Winnebago Surgeon's Quarters

Today, all that remains intact are the fort's surgeon's quarters. This structure now operates as the Fort Winnebago Surgeon's Quarters, a museum operated by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]^[2]

The museum's ground also include the Garrison School, a one-room schoolhouse used from 1850-1960 and furnished to appear as in the 1850s.^[3]

Please note that the Fort Winnebago Indian Agency, now open to the public on its original location as the Historic Indian Agency House (HIAH), is also a structure original to this fort. It was erected in 1832 by the U.S. Government as a residence and office for Indian Agent John Harris Kinzie, who served as a liaison between the local Ho-Chunk (then Winnebago) tribe and the U.S. Government. HIAH has been operated as a museum since 1932 by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Wisconsin. http://www.agencyhouse.org

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External links

Fort Winnebago Surgeons' Quarters - Wisconsin Society Daughters of the American Revolution

[1] ttp://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=688

[2] ttp://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1ETF

[3] ttp://www.wsdar.com/fwsq/garrison.html Garrison School

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 ''This article is about the U.S. Army fort. For the civil township of the same name, see [[Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin]]''
-'''Fort Winnebago''' was a 19th century [[fortification]] of the [[United States Army]] located on a hill between the [[Fox River (Wisconsin)|Fox]] and [[Wisconsin River]]s in [[Portage, Wisconsin]]. It formed part of a chain of fortifications along the [[Fox-Wisconsin Waterway]] that also included [[Fort Howard (Wisconsin)|Fort Howard]] in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]] and [[Fort Crawford]] in [[Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin]]. Fort Winnebago was constructed in 1828 as part of an effort to maintain peace between white settlers and the region's [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes following the [[Winnebago War]] of 1827. The  fort's location was chosen not only because of its proximity to the site of [[Red Bird]]'s surrender in the Winnebago War, but also because of the strategic importance of Portage, Wisconsin, which, as the city's name implies, was the site of an important [[portage]] on the [[Fox-Wisconsin Waterway]], a highly travelled connection between the [[Great Lakes]] and the [[Mississippi River]]. Fort Winnebago's location near the portage allowed it to regulate transportation between the lakes and the Mississippi.
+'''Fort Winnebago''' was a 19th century [[fortification]] of the [[United States Army]] located on a hill between the [[Fox River (Wisconsin)|Fox]] and [[Wisconsin River]]s in [[Portage, Wisconsin]]. It formed part of a chain of fortifications along the [[Fox-Wisconsin Waterway]] that also included [[Fort Howard (Wisconsin)|Fort Howard]] in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]] and [[Fort Crawford]] in [[Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin]]. Fort Winnebago was constructed in 1828 as part of an effort to consolidate the United States' conquests in the [[Winnebago War]] of 1827. The  fort's location was chosen not only because of its proximity to the site of [[Red Bird]]'s surrender in the Winnebago War, but also because of the strategic importance of Portage, Wisconsin, which, as the city's name implies, was the site of an important [[portage]] on the [[Fox-Wisconsin Waterway]], a highly travelled connection between the [[Great Lakes]] and the [[Mississippi River]]. Fort Winnebago's location near the portage allowed it to regulate transportation between the lakes and the Mississippi.
-With the exception of the participation of troops from the fort in the 1832 [[Black Hawk War]], Fort Winnebago was not involved in any combat operations during its occupation by the U.S. Army. Instead, the garrison, which from 1829 to 1831 included Lt. [[Jefferson Davis]] (later [[President of the Confederate States of America]]), was put to work in building a military road between Portage and [[Fond du Lac, Wisconsin]], and assisting with the relocation of the [[Ho-Chunk]] nation from Wisconsin to [[Minnesota]] during the 1840s. In 1845, the absence of any real threat to peace in the region prompted the abandonment of the fort. Nine years later the site was sold into private hands, and in 1856 a fire destroyed much of the fort.
+With the exception of the participation of troops from the fort in the 1832 [[Black Hawk War]], Fort Winnebago was not involved in any combat operations during its occupation by the U.S. Army. Instead, the garrison, which from 1829 to 1831 included Lt. [[Jefferson Davis]] (later [[President of the Confederate States of America]]), was put to work in building a military road between Portage and [[Fond du Lac, Wisconsin]], and assisting with the ethnic cleansing of the [[Ho-Chunk]] nation from Wisconsin to [[Minnesota]] during the 1840s. In 1845, the absence of any real threat to peace in the region prompted the abandonment of the fort. Nine years later the site was sold into private hands, and in 1856 a fire destroyed much of the fort.
 ==Fort Winnebago Surgeon's Quarters==