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  2. Henry Leavenworth - Wikipedia

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    Henry Leavenworth (December 10, 1783 – July 21, 1834) was an American soldier active in the War of 1812 and early military expeditions against the Plains Indians. [1] He established Fort Leavenworth in Kansas .

  3. First Dragoon Expedition - Wikipedia

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    The expedition stopped at Camp Leavenworth, where General Leavenworth, sick and injured from a buffalo hunt, sent the troops onward under the command of Colonel Henry Dodge. On July 16, 1834, the expedition left 75 sick men, including American traveling artist George Catlin, at Camp Comanche; Colonel Dodge and the rest of his men continued ...

  4. Fort Leavenworth - Wikipedia

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    One veteran of the War of 1812 is the cemetery's most famous occupant, Brigadier General Henry Leavenworth, who gave his name to the fort, the cemetery, and the town and county they are located in. Others buried in the cemetery include 10 Medal of Honor recipients, seven Confederate prisoners of war as well as soldiers killed in Operation ...

  5. Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    It was named for Brigadier General Henry Leavenworth, who was re-interred there in 1902 from Woodland Cemetery in Delhi, New York. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it occupies approximately 36.1 acres (14.6 ha) and was site to over 22,00 interments, as of 2020. It is maintained by Leavenworth National Cemetery.

  6. Jesse Henry Leavenworth - Wikipedia

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    Leavenworth was the son of Brigadier General Henry Leavenworth and his wife Elizabeth Eunice Morrison. He was born March 29, 1807, in Danville, Vermont . He was a graduate of West Point class of 1830.

  7. Arikara War - Wikipedia

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    Henry Leavenworth Map of the Arikara villages, the camp of the army and the position of the batteries. The Arikara War was a military conflict between the United States and Arikara in 1823 fought in the Great Plains along the Upper Missouri River in the Unorganized Territory (presently within South Dakota). [5]

  8. Fort Gibson - Wikipedia

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    General Henry Leavenworth in 1834 led the First Dragoon Expedition on a peace mission to the west, and finally established contact with the nomadic Indian tribes. The artist George Catlin traveled with the dragoons and made numerous studies. General Leavenworth died during the march, and Colonel Henry Dodge replaced him in command. The ...

  9. List of people from New Haven, Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Timothy I. Ahern, major general; Benedict Arnold, general who defected to the British; William P. Cronan, naval officer and Naval Governor of Guam; Nathan Hale, soldier and spy; Henry Leavenworth, brigadier general; Alfred Judson Force Moody, brigadier general; Allen L. Seaman, naval officer