Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
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Lt. Field reinterred at
Fort Atkinson on 200th
anniversary of his death
The remains of Lt. Gabriel Field, a soldier
who served at Fort Atkinson, were reinterred
at Fort Atkinson State Historical Park during
a ceremony on the 200th anniversary of his
death. Field served Fort Atkinson from 1818-
1823. While serving the fort, he died on April
16, 1823. Long after the fort was abandoned and
the structures began to fade away, a farmer near
the site discovered a piece of Field's headstone.
Within a few years, in 1958, Field's remains
were discovered in a nearby grave.
Reenactors on horseback pull a buckboard wagon
carrying the remains of Lt. Gabriel Field prior to
a reinterment ceremony at Fort Atkinson State
Historical Park in Fort Calhoun.
Lt. Gabriel Field died at Fort Atkinson in 1823.
Nebraska State Historical Society archeologists
identified his remains and commissioned a facial
reconstruction based on cranial structure.
