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Fort Leavenworth in Leavenworth County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Grove of the Regiments

Dedicated 4 July 1976

 
 
Grove of the Regiments Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 15, 2025
1. Grove of the Regiments Marker
Inscription.
In commemoration of the units of the Army that have been stationed at Fort Leavenworth and in honor of the soldiers who served in them.

Conceived by Santa Fe Trail Chapter, The Retired Officers Association, and made possible by the contributions of the organizations and individuals whose names are inscribed on the Scroll of Honor maintained at the Fort Leavenworth Museum [now the Frontier Army Museum].

REGULAR ARMY UNITS
1st Infantry • 2nd Infantry • 3rd Infantry
4th Infantry • 5th Infantry • 6th Infantry
7th Infantry • 10th Infantry • 11th Infantry
12th Infantry • 13th Infantry • 14th Infantry
16th Infantry • 17th Infantry • 18th Infantry
19th Infantry • 20th Infantry • 23rd Infantry
31st Infantry • 37th Infantry • 49th Infantry
2nd Engineers • 3rd Engineers • Mounted Rifles
1st Dragoons • 2nd Dragoons • 1st Cavalry
2nd Cavalry • 3rd Cavalry • 4th Cavalry
5th Cavalry • 6th Cavalry • 7th Cavalry
8th Cavalry • 9th Cavalry • 10th Cavalry
13th Cavalry • 14th Cavalry • 15th Cavalry
1st Artillery • 2nd Artillery • 3rd Artillery
4th Artillery • 5th Field Artillery
15th Field Artillery • 17th Field Artillery
28th Field Artillery • 10th Field Battalion Signal Corps
7th Quartermaster Regiment • 135th Observation
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Squadron
Guard And Security Units which, since 1874, have operated
the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks.

Volunteer Units
Kansas

1st Infantry • 17th Infantry • 6th Cavalry
9th Cavalry • 11th Cavalry • 14th Cavalry
15th Cavalry • 16th Cavalry • 2nd Volunteers
5th Volunteers • 6th Volunteers • 8th Volunteers
9th Volunteers • 10th Volunteers • 12th Volunteers

Colorado
2nd Cavalry

Ohio
11th Cavalry • 2nd Volunteers

Tennessee
12th Cavalry

Wisconsin
12th Infantry • 13th Infantry • 50th Infantry
52nd Infantry • 53rd Infantry • 3rd Cavalry
9th Volunteers

Missouri
27th Cavalry
Angney's Infantry Battalion
Clark's Light Artillery Battalion
Doniphan's Regiment Mounted Volunteers
Easton's Battalion Infantry Volunteers
Gilpin's Santa Fe Trace Battalion
Laclede Rangers
Powell's Oregon Battalion Mounted Volunteers
Price's Regiment Mounted Volunteers
Rall's Regiment Mounted Volunteers
Willock's Separate Battalion Mounted Volunteers

Illinois
17th Cavalry
Newby's 1st Infantry Volunteers
138th Infantry

1st U.S. Volunteers • 2nd U.S. Volunteers
3rd U.S. Volunteers • 4th U.S. Volunteers
5th U.S. Volunteers • 6th U.S Volunteers

Mormon
Grove of the Regiments Regular Units Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 15, 2025
2. Grove of the Regiments Regular Units Marker
Battalion

1st Battalion Invalid Corps
 
Erected 1976 by Fort Leavenworth, Santa Fe Trail Chapter of The Retired Officers Association, and Concerned Citizens and Organizations.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Forts and Castles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1827.
 
Location. 39° 20.715′ N, 94° 55.098′ W. Memorial is in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in Leavenworth County. It can be reached from Stimson Avenue. Markers and Grove are about 350 feet SE of the Buffalo Soldiers Monument, on Fort Leavenworth. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Fort Leavenworth KS 66027, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kansas and specifically in Greater Kansas City. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Berlin Wall Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Buffalo Soldier Monument (about 400 feet away); General Roscoe Robinson Jr. (about 500 feet away); BG Benjamin H. Grierson (about 500 feet away); General Colin L. Powell (about 500 feet away); 555th Parachute Infantry Company (about 600 feet away); 2nd Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Leavenworth.
 
More about this memorial. This is an active US Army post. Proper identification is required for
Grove of the Regiments Volunteer Units Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 15, 2025
3. Grove of the Regiments Volunteer Units Marker
entry.
 
Also see . . .
1. Fort Leavenworth Official Website. (Submitted on October 18, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Frontier Army Museum, Fort Leavenworth KS. (Submitted on October 18, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Grove of the Regiments Markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 15, 2025
4. Grove of the Regiments Markers
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 18, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 58 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 18, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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