Fort Sanders

Fort Sanders may refer to either of the two United States Army posts named for General William P. Sanders:

Fort Sanders (Tennessee), the decisive engagement of the Knoxville Campaign of the American Civil War, fought in Knoxville, Tennessee, on November 29, 1863
Fort Sanders (Wyoming), a wooden fort constructed in 1866 on the Laramie Plains in southern Wyoming, near the city of Laramie

It may also refer to:

Fort Sanders (Colorado), a frontier trading post located near present-day Brighton, Colorado
Battle of Fort Sanders, the decisive engagement of the Knoxville Campaign of the American Civil War
Fort Sanders (Knoxville neighborhood), a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, a hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee

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