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Corporal Leander Herron received the Medal of Honor for heroism in action about 12 miles from Fort Dodge on September 2 and 3, 1868. Buffalo hunter Ralph Morrison who was killed and scalped December 7, 1868, near Fort Dodge, Kansas, by Cheyenne warriors. Lt. Reade of the 3rd Infantry and Chief of Scouts John O. Austin are in the background.
The post began as a military camp in 1864, but was abandoned. In April 1865 it was permanently established to protect the area from Indian raids. Fort Dodge operated until 1882 and was then somewhat maintained by a custodian. The citizens of Dodge City worked to have a soldiers' home established on the old post.
Fort Dodge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grandview Township, Ford County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 97. [2] It is located on U.S. Route 400 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Dodge City. Fort Dodge has a post office with ZIP code 67843. [3]
Forts Dodge and Zarah also started as weak forts. Zarah ended up being transformed into one of the state's strongest forts. [13] Three events caused Kansas to rapidly build more forts and posts after the Civil War's outbreak. One was an unsuccessful effort by the Army to rid eastern Kansas of Confederate guerrilla attacks.
Dodge City is a city in and the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 27,788. [6] [7] It was named after nearby Fort Dodge, which was named in honor of Grenville Dodge.
Herron left Fort Larned on the evening of September 1, 1868 to deliver mail to Fort Dodge - about 75 miles away. En route, he passed a labor detail of four soldiers from Fort Dodge gathering wood for use at the fort. The following day, Leander was supposed to make the return trip. Corporal Patrick Boyle of the 7th Cavalry accompanied Herron.
15-year-old Fort Dodge resident Jameel C. Redding-Pettigrew died from multiple gunshot wounds he sustained in a July 4 shooting.
An old soldiers' home is a military veterans' retirement home, nursing home, or hospital, ... Kansas Soldiers' Home, Fort Dodge, Kansas [43]