After 1859 the Old Fort was used as barracks for detachments of regiments as follows:
1859-1863 - The 45th Regiment
1863-1864 - The 5th, Northumberland Fusiliers
1864-1865 - The 11th Regiment, 2nd Battalion
1878 - The 80th Regiment
1878 - The 24th Regiment
1879 - Various (Zulu War)
1865-1867 - The 99th Regiment
1867-1870 - The 20th Regiment, 2nd Battalion
1870-1871 - The 32nd Light Infantry
1871-1874 - The 75th Regiment
1875-1877 - The 13th Regiment
1878 - The The Buffs, 2nd Battalion
1880 - The 3rd, 60th Regiment
1881-1882 - The Gordon Highlanders
1882-1883 - The 41st Welsh Regiment
1883-1885 - Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1885 - The 27th, Inniskilling Fusiliers
1885-1897 - Details and Army Ordnance Corps
The first to occupy the Old Fort was the 27th Regiment, in 1842, and the last detachment stationed at the Fort was furnished by the same Regiment in 1885.
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