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Title: Outline of the Posts in the Military Division of the Missouri, Commanded by Lieutenant General P. H. Sheridan
Description: Book about United States Army outposts in the military division of Missouri, with descriptions, floor plan drawings, and maps of the forts.
Date: 1876
Object Type: Book

Title: U.S. Base Closings Include KC Units
Description: Article discusses the approval by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission of Pentagon plans to close or realign Army and Navy bases around the country, including some in Kansas and Missouri. Map of base closings to date included.
Date: 2005-08-25
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Fort Riley's Black Soldiers and the Army's Changing Role in the West, 1867-1885
Description: History of the black regiments at Fort Riley following the Civil War and their involvements in military activities with the Western frontier, Indian lands, etc.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The United States Army in the Kansas Border Troubles, 1855-1856
Description: In the first paragraph of the article, the author poses these questions: "To what extent was the army used as a peace-maintaining force and to what degree was it truly neutral? If the army was relatively impartial, how can this be explained in view of the fact that officers stationed in Kansas were of both Northern and Southern origins? A brief account of this period of military history may suggest answers to these questions". The article goes on to discuss the vital role the army played in preventing full-scale civil war in the area.
Date: 1966
Object Type: Magazine Article

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