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Fort Robinson is a former U.S. Army fort and now a major feature of Fort Robinson State Park, a 22,000-acre (8,900 ha) public recreation and historic preservation area located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Crawford on U.S. Route 20 in the Pine Ridge region of northwest Nebraska.
In 1887, Jordan was commended by the commander at Fort Robinson for capturing an escaped prisoner. [1] Jordan reached the rank of First Sergeant before leaving the Army in 1897. [2] After retirement, he lived in a community with fellow veteran Buffalo Soldiers in Crawford, Nebraska. [1]
He received a pension but also worked at the Fort Robinson post exchange. He moved to the US Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C. sometime in or after 1899 and died there in 1901 [1] at the age of 52. [2] Denny was buried at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. [3]
K Troop returned to Fort Robinson in 1893. Johnson's final five-year enlistment with K Troop ended in 1898, before the troop was sent to Cuba for the Spanish–American War. He retired that same year to Washington, D.C. [1] Johnson died on January 31, 1904, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, in section 23, lot ...
Emanuel Stance (1843 – December 25, 1887), also known as Edmund Stance, was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States.
Alexander was assigned to the 9th US Cavalry Regiment at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, which was an all-black regiment commanded by white officers and nicknamed Buffalo soldiers. In 1888, he was transferred to Fort Washakie, Wyoming , where he performed the garrison duty typical of an officer with a western frontier posting.
Oct. 11—Amid a look reminiscent of the era, Texas Southmost College on Thursday dedicated a plaque honoring African American U.S. Army troops who served at Fort Brown during the Civil War and ...
The Buffalo Soldiers responded within about two weeks from Nebraska, and moved the men to the rail town of Suggs, Wyoming, creating "Camp Bettens" despite a hostile local population. One soldier was killed and two wounded in a gun battle with locals. Nevertheless, the 9th Cavalry remained in Wyoming for nearly a year to quell tensions in the area.