Prince, William E. d. 1892.
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Lt. William E. Prince served as Assistant Commissary of Subsistence at Fort Leavenworth in 1845-47 and in 1847 became Aide-de-Camp and Adjutant to Brig. Gen. Sterling Price of the 9th Military Dept.
An officer in the United States Army, 1838-1864, William E. Prince served in the Mexican War and the Civil War. In 1861 he was commander of the 1st Infantry, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Captain W. E. Prince was commander of Fort Leavenworth in 1861.
James Henry Lane, the "Liberator of Kansas," organized the anti-slavery factions in Kansas into a Free-State Party, and was Major General of militia during the "bleeding Kansas" era. In June 1861 he was appointed Brigadier-General of Volunteers in Kansas with authority to raise two regiments. During September and August this "Kansas Brigade" operated against Sterling Price in Western Missouri. Lane was elected senator from Kansas at the end of 1861 and served until 1866, when he committed suicide.
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Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.)
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Fort McKavett (Tex.)
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Leavenworth (Kan.)
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Fort Duncan (Tex.)
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Rio Grande
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Fort Arbuckle (Okla.)
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Camp Montgomery (Kan.)
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Fort Scott (Kan.)
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Fort Terrett (Tex.)
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Fort Lane (Kan.)
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Fort Leavenworth (Kan.)
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Fort Clark (Tex.)
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Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.)
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Camp Williams (Kan.)
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