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Fort Dodge is an unincorporated community in Grandview Township, Ford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 165. Fort Dodge is located on U.S. Route 400 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Dodge City. From 1865 to 1882, Fort Dodge was an outpost on the Santa Fe Trail. After the fort closed, the site became the Kansas Soldiers' Home in 1890.

Fort Dodge in Southern Victory[]

George Custer and his regiment were stationed in Fort Dodge in 1881, where they patrolled the border with Indian Territory, Confederate States.[1] When the Second Mexican War broke out, Custer was given two Gatling guns at Fort Dodge, which he held in utter contempt.[2] For the duration of the war, his regiment were stationed elsewhere.[3]

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  1. How Few Remain, pg. 9, mmpb.
  2. Ibid., pgs. 88-89.
  3. Ibid., pgs. 132-320.
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