Satterlee  Clark

Satterlee  Clark,  so  widely  known  throughout  Southern  Wisconsin,
was  appointed  a  sutler  by  President  Jackson  in  1830,  but  being  a  minor
he  could  not  assume  its  duties  directly.  So  he  passed  it  over  to  Oliver
Newberry,  of  Detroit,  and  became  his  clerk.  Clark  was  afterward  mar-
ried at  the  old  Indian  agency  house  to  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Jones,  the
regular  sutler  of  Fort  Winnebago,  amassing  wealth  by  his  business  abil-
ity and  gaining  broad  popularity  by  his  engaging  personality.  He
was  for  many  years  a  senator  from  Dodge  County.
Lieut.  Randolph  B.  March  was  on  duty  at  Fort  Winnebago  in
1837-40;  captain  in  1846  and  in  active  service  during  the  Mexican  war.
During  the  Civil  war  he  was  chief  of  staff  under  his  son-in-law,  Gen.
George  B.  McClellan.  and  in  1861-2  attained  the  rank  of  inspector
general  and  brevet  brigadier  general.  In  her  girlhood,  Mrs.  McClellan
resided  at  the  fort  where  her  father  was  stationed.
Evacuated

Orders  for  the  evacuation  of  Fort  Winnebago  were  issued  by  the
War  Department  in  1845.  the  troops  being  sent  to  Jefferson  Barracks,
St.  Louis,  and,  in  turn,  had  been  ordered  to  the  Gulf  pending  hostil-


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ities  with  Mexico.  When  the  evacuation  took  place  the  fort  was  placed
in  charge  of  Ordnance  Sergeant  Van  Camp,  who  looked  after  it  until
his  death  in  1847.  William  Weir,  an  old  soldier  of  the  fort,  then  had
charge  of  it  until  1853,  when  it  was  sold  at  auction  under  orders  from
Jefferson  Davis,  as  secretary  of  war.
