It Happened In Kansas

It Happened In Kansas

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FORT MANN AND A FEMALE SOLDIER ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL IN PRESENT-DAY KANSAS DURING THE U.S.-MEXICO WAR, 1847-1848

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(This is the final installment (#3) of the article about the female soldier.)

When Caroline arrived at Fort Leavenworth on May 28, 1848, having spent two weeks traveling along the Santa Fe Trail from Fort Mann, she was interrogated by Colonel John Garland and Lieutenant Colonel Clifton Wharton about …