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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: 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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Title
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Richard Hardesty's Civil War Story: General Order No. 12
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Description
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Article describing the effects of Order Number 12 on owners of homes, warehouses, and business buildings in the Kansas City area, including "William Gillis, Chick, McGee, Benoist Troost, John C. McCoy and others," with illustrations of "the residence of William Gillis, built in 1857 and located at 28th and Holly in Kansas City." Also including a reprint of "General Order No. 12," promulgating the possession or occupation by Union military and refugees of the abandoned houses and business buildings.
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
