Small fortification at White's Mill, Pima Village, on Gila river. Erected by California troops in April, 1862. named by Gen. Carlton for Lieut. James Barrett, Co. A, California Volunteers , killed in fight with Confederate troops at Picacho. q. v.
Heitman's List says: "It was established May 31, 1832, and abandoned July 23, 1862."
"At the Pima villages was a small post named Fort Barrett, after the first Union officer killed in the Arizona campaign. It was in reality only an earth work thrown around a trading post." McClintock.