LeRoy's post was an army post in LeRoy,

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. Established September 12, 1861 by U.S. Senator James H. Lane, when Fort Scott was threatened by advancing

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troops, the

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post was one of many established in eastern Kansas to guard against Confederate guerrilla attack. In spring 1862 a number of Native American refugees who had first camped at

Fort Row Fort Row, located on the south bank of the Verdigris River and east of the present town of Coyville, Kansas, was built in the fall of 1861, probably in October. It was built by the local mounted militia for their use. However, the fort became asso ...

were moved further north to

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and the post at LeRoy. In May 1862, two Native American regiments were organized at LeRoy from amongst the refugees. They were sent into

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to fight Confederates, who had occupied the lands from where they had fled. Union troops were stationed at LeRoy until at least May 1864. Since nothing was mentioned of the post after that time, it probably was closed in May 1864 or soon after.Col. William Weer, report, ''The War of the Rebellion'' (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885), Series I, Vol. XIII, pp. 418-9; Della B. Meyer, "History of LeRoy, Kansas," ''Coffey County Footprints'', December 1984, p. 106; J. E. Ruly and fifty-five other Emporia, Kansas, residents, letter, ''The War of the Rebellion (1891), Series I, Vol. XXXIV, Part IV, p. 55.

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