Carleton House, Fort Huachuca

Arizona · United States · Execution site

One downstairs room was the post hospital morgue. Things stacked there are found scattered, and pictures come off the walls with the nails pulled out.

Carleton House at Fort Huachuca, Arizona is the oldest building on the post, and one downstairs room in it served as the morgue for the hospital.

Things stacked or set down in that room are found scattered across it shortly afterwards.

Items hung on the walls come down, and the accounts specify why: the nails are pulled out of the wall.

That detail is what separates this from the ordinary. A picture falling means a fixing failed. A nail drawn from plaster is a different claim and one that can be examined afterwards.

Fort Huachuca was established in 1877 during the campaigns against the Chiricahua Apache, and it was later home to the Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry and the 92nd and 93rd Divisions. The post hospital handled the consequences of all of it.

The fort is an active army installation and access is controlled.

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Carleton House, Fort Huachuca is in Arizona, United States.