<P> The Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery is one of the national cemeteries established by Abraham Lincoln on 17 July 1862 . Veterans since the War of 1812 have been laid to rest in the cemetery . One veteran of the War of 1812 is the cemetery's most famous occupant, Brigadier General Henry Leavenworth, who gave his name to the fort, the cemetery, and the town and county they are located in . Others buried in the cemetery include 10 Medal of Honor recipients, seven Confederate prisoners of war as well as soldiers killed in Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom . Although there is no longer space for new burial sites, burials frequently take place for those who already have family members interred in the cemetery . </P> <P> In 1866, the U.S. Congress authorized the formation of four black regiments, which were the 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments and the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments . The 10th Cavalry Regiment was formed at Fort Leavenworth under the command of Col. Benjamin Grierson . Today, a statue of a cavalry rider stands at Fort Leavenworth in tribute to the "Buffalo Soldier" of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments . Just off Fort Leavenworth in the City of Leavenworth, The Richard Allen Cultural Center, housed in a former home of a Buffalo Soldier, also highlights the history of the Buffalo Soldiers and African - Americans serving in the U.S. Army . </P> <P> The United States Disciplinary Barracks, now a maximum - security military prison, was established in 1875 under the command of Lt. Col. Edmund Rice . </P> <P> The fort's first Catholic church was built in 1871 and was later replaced by St. Ignatius Chapel in 1889 . St. Ignatius Chapel was destroyed by fire in December 2001 . The first Protestant chapel, Memorial Chapel, was built by prison labor in 1878 of stone quarried on post . The round window behind the chapel's front altar was intentionally installed slightly askew by an inmate who was angry at his work boss . This chapel has brass cannon embedded in the walls at the sides of the church, and photos of many of the officers involved in the early history of the fort, including some of the Custer family . </P>

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