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Fort Leavenworth, Military Exercise
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Description
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Army men in formation with cannons and rifles for a military exercise in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Signed on the front, "yours truly Nichols." Handwritten in ink on the back, "To H. C. Keeling/from yours truly/[?] Russy Nichols."
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Date
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1880~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fort Leavenworth, Military Band
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Description
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Military band standing at attendtion in front of one of the homes at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Signed, "Yours Trully [sic] Nichols" Handwritten on the back in ink, "To H. C. Keeling/From/[? ?] R Nichols."
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Date
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1880~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fort Leavenworth, Military Band
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Description
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Group photograph of a military band at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, standing at attention outside in front of the barracks.
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Date
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1880~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fort Leavenworth, Military Parade
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Description
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Men of varying ranks in the rifle corps and the military band stand at attention on the grounds before the barracks and homes in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Written on the back in purple pencil, "235 I."
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Date
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1880~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Fort Leavenworth-Fort Gibson Military Road and the Founding of Fort Scott
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Description
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Article gives the history of the establishment of the military road from Fort Snelling to Louisiana, with emphasis on the portion between Fort Leavenworth and Fort Gibson in Oklahoma. The whole route was divided into three sections: Northern - Fort Snelling to Fort Leavenworth; Southern - Arkansas River to Fort Towson; and Middle - Fort Leavenworth and the Arkansas River. Includes a map of the whole route, dated June, 1845, "compiled for the U.S. Topographical Bureau and published in Doc. 59, Serial 322; with additional data from a map [1851] accompanying Doc.1, Serial 611". Also has a map which shows the Fort Leavenworth-Fort Scott segment.
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Date
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1942-05-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Fort Leavenworth Soldiers Lounging on a Lawn
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Description
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Seven sergeants lounge on a lawn in front of the barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Each man has three chevrons on each sleeve of his jacket, indicating the rank of sergeant.
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Date
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1880~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fort Leavenworth
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Description
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Army men of varying ranks in the band and the rifle corps at attention on lawn in front the barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Date
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1880~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fort Leavenworth, Residence
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Description
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A group of men in military uniform stand outside the front of a residence. Women and children are on the balcony of the second storey. Handwritten in pencil on the back, top right corner, "150 I."
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Date
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1880~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fort Leavenworth, Residence
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Description
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A house located in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with four boys, two girls, and two women seated on the porch. Written in pencil on the back, "260 I/Capt. Huf?'s/Fort."
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Date
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1880~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fort Leavenworth, Sergeants
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Description
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Seven sergeants stand holding their hats wearing military jackets at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. All of their jackets have three chevrons on each arm, indicating the rank of Sergeant.
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Date
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1880~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fort Leavenworth, Riflemen
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Description
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Group photograph of soldiers in uniform with rifles at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, standing in front of barrakcs. Handwritten in pencil on the back top right corner, "232 I/Com. E."
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Date
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1880~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fort Leavenworth, Residence
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Description
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Unidentified man and woman standing on the porch of a house in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Handwritten in pencil on the back top right corner, "273 I."
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Date
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1880~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Fort Leavenworth, Row of Houses
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Description
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Row of houses in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where officers' families resided. Signed on the front, "Yours Truly/Nichols" Handwritten on the back in ink, "To H. C. Keeling/from/yours Truly/C. A. Russy Nichols."
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Date
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1880~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fort Leavenworth Residence
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Description
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A family sits on the stairs and porch of a house in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Written on the back in pencil, "269 I/Lieut Guard/To be shown Capt. Vauer."
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Date
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1880~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Douglas's Battery at Fort Leavenworth: The Issue of Black Officers during the Civil War
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and article about the black soldiers enlisted in "the Independent Battery, U. S. Colored Light Artillery, or Douglas's Battery" at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, during the Civil War. Description of several African Americans in the Union military in the mid-1800s not formerly allowed to join in previous American wars because of their race or ethnicity.
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Fort Leavenworth
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Description
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History of Fort Leavenworth, also known as Cantonment Leavenworth, established in 1828 near the site of present Leavenworth, Kansas, and "one of the nation's oldest active Army posts west of the Mississippi River," although "never attacked" and becoming a military training camp starting in World War I.
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Date
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1987
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Fort Leavenworth: Gateway to the West
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Description
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Book gives the history of Fort Leavenworth, located by the Missouri River in Kansas, which began as Cantonment Leavenworth in May 1827 and was founded by and named after Colonel Henry Leavenworth. Contains nine chapters and brings the history of the garrison up to the twentieth century. Includes numerous illustrations including photographs, drawings, and maps.
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Book
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