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Title: Fort Leavenworth, Military Exercise
Description: 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."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Military Band
Description: 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."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Military Band
Description: Group photograph of a military band at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, standing at attention outside in front of the barracks.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Military Parade
Description: 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."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Fort Leavenworth-Fort Gibson Military Road and the Founding of Fort Scott
Description: 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.
Date: 1942-05-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Soldier and Brave: Indian and Military Affairs in the Trans-Mississippi West, Including a Guide to Historic Sites and Landmarks
Description: History with photos of Fort Leavenworth in northeastern Kansas, including its main role in protecting traders on the Santa Fe Trail from Indians, use in the Mexican War, and later military functions.
Date: 1963
Object Type: Book

Title: Fort Leavenworth Soldiers Lounging on a Lawn
Description: 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.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth
Description: Army men of varying ranks in the band and the rifle corps at attention on lawn in front the barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Residence
Description: 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."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Residence
Description: 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."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth
Description: Group photograph of soldiers in uniform with their rifles. In the background, there are men in civilian dress mingling informally with men in uniform. There is also a group of men in uniform on the balcony of the second storey of the barracks in the background. Handwritten on the back in pencil, "Fr./Cv. G./Capt. Bradford/147 I."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Riflemen
Description: Group photograph of men in military uniform holding rifles at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, standing in front of barracks. Handwritten in pencil on the back lower left corner, "234 I/Co. H."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Sergeants
Description: 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.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Riflemen
Description: 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."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Riflemen
Description: Group photograph of Army men in military uniform holding rifles at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, standing in front of the barracks. Written on the back in purple pencil, "143 I."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Residence
Description: 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."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Row of Houses
Description: 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."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth Residence
Description: 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."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Recollections of Early Times in Kansas Territory: From the Standpoint of a Regular Cavalryman
Description: Article was written for the Kansas State Historical Society by Robert Morris Peck. He was in the military and belonged to Company E, First Cavalry stationed in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Discusses the fort, pre-Civil War Kansas, the Indians, early Kansas City, Bent's Fort, western trails, etc.
Date: 1903-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Douglas's Battery at Fort Leavenworth: The Issue of Black Officers during the Civil War
Description: 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.
Date: 2000
Object Type: Magazine Article

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