74:(Topeka: State Printing Office, 1910), Vol. XI, p. 230; William C. Pollard, Jr., "Forts and Military Posts in Kansas: 1854-1865" (Ph.D. dissertation, Faith Baptist College and Seminary, 1997), p. 128 (a copy can be found in the Kansas State Historical Society (KSHS) archives, Topeka, Kans.).
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