Commanding Officer's Quarters -- Fort Lancaster SHS, Sheffield TX - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

This interpretive sign stands in front of the ruins of the commanding officers quarters at the Fort Lancaster state historic site outside of Sheffield, Texas.

The sign reads as follows:

"COMMANDING OFFICER’S QUARTERS

The largest residents at the Fort house the commanding officer and his family. They provided hospitality for important travelers to the Fort.

“Captain Carpenter invited us to take a bite with him. We availed ourselves of the invitation with alacrity that was very amusing even to ourselves . . . To us who have been living on salt junk and hard biscuit it was a treat that we will always remember lively feelings of pleasure.”
-- Edward Francis Beale

Captain Granger
The commanding officer, Robert Seaman Granger, was a career officer in the United States Army, reaching the brevet rank of major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War."

Group that erected the marker: Texas Historical Commission URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link] Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: SH 290 at Fort Lancaster Road Sheffield, TX

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