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Index of names found in U.S. Army Frontier Posts of Wyoming
| Name | Rank, Unit or other |
| Anderson, William | Civilian at Fort William |
| Augur, Christopher C. | Brig General, 12th U.S. Infantry |
| Black Foot | Oglala Sioux chief |
| Breslin, Patrick Henry | 1st Lt., 4th U.S. Infantry |
| Bridger, Jim | Trader, explorer and founder of Ft. Bridger |
| Brisbin, James S. | Major, 2nd U.S. Cavalry |
| Brown, Frederick H. |
18th U.S. Infantry - killed in Fetterman Massacre on December 21, 1866. |
| Buford, John | Major General |
| Campbell, John Allen | First Territorial Governor, 1869 |
| Campbell, Robert | Co-founder of Ft. Laramie Trading Post |
| Canby, Edward R.S. | Major, 10th U.S. Infantry |
| Carling, Elias B. | Capt, Asst Qtrmstr., at Cheyenne Depot |
| Carrington, Henry B. | Col., 18th U.S. Infantry |
| Carter, W. A. | First sutler at Ft. Bridger army Post 1857. Later a Judge |
| Chisholm, James | Civilian, journalist who chronicaled the Wyoming Gold Rush which started in 1867 |
| Collins, Caspar W. |
1st Lt, 11th Ohio Cavalry - killed in Platte Bridge Station Battle on July 26, 1865 |
| Collins, William O | Col. 11th Ohio Cavalry |
| Connor, Patrick E. | Brig. Gen. |
| Cooke, Phillip St. George | Capt. First Dragoons |
| Crazy Horse | Ogalala Sioux at Wagon Box |
| Cross, Major | U.S. Army, Mountain Rifles |
| Custard, Amos |
Sgt. of wagon train in massacre at Platte Bridge Station |
| de Bonneville, B.L.E. | Capt who built Fort Bonneville |
| Dodge, Grenville M. | Maj. Gen. |
| Dodge, Richard I. | Major, 30th U.S. Infantry |
| Doyle, Tommy |
Pvt, 7th Infantry, killed at Wagon Box Battle |
| Dull Knife | Cheyenne Chief |
| Dye, William McEntyre | Major, 4th U.S. Infantry |
| Ewbanks, Mrs. | Civilian woman, along with her small daughter, held captive by the Cheyennes and the Oglala Sioux. |
| Fetterman, William J. |
Capt, 27th U.S. Infantry - killed in Fetterman Massacre on December 21, 1866. |
| Fire Thunder | Ogalala Sioux chief at Wagon Box |
| Fitzpatrick, Thomas "Broken Hand" | 1851 Indian Agent at Ft. Laramie |
| Fleming, H.B. | 2nd Lt. at Ft. Laramie |
| Follett, John H. | 1868 Coronors Juror in Cheyenne |
| Getty, George W. | Capt, 4th U.S. Artillery |
| Grattan, John |
Lt., US Army - with his 29 men, killed near Ft. Laramie |
| Guinard, Louis | Civilian contractor who built bridge at Platte River Station |
| Gunnison, John | 2nd Lt, Corp of Topographical Engineers |
| Haggerty, Henry |
Pvt, 7th Infantry, killed at Wagon Box Battle |
| Halleck, Henry W. | Maj. Gen. |
| Harris, Andrew | Killed in March 1868 by Charles Martin who was acquitted by a jury but hung by vigilantes |
| Harris, Moses | Capt, U.S. Cavalry, built Ft. Yellowstone |
| High Hump | Miniconjous Sioux Chief at Wagon Box |
| Hoffman, William | Major, 6th U.S. Infantry |
| Jenniss, John C |
Lt., 7th Infantry, killed at Wagon Box Battle |
| Jipala | Miniconjous Sioux killed at Wagon Box |
| Johnson, F. W. Dr. | 1868 Coroner in Cheyenne |
| Johnston, Albert Sidney | Colonel, 2nd U.S. Cavalry |
| Jones, Roger | U.S. Adj General |
| Kearny, Philip | Major General - died September 1, 1862 in Virginia - Civil War. Ft. Phil Kearny named after him. |
| Kearny, Stephen Watts | Colonel First Dragoons |
| Kidd, James H. | 6th Michigan Cavalry |
| Lander, Frederick W. | Colonel, explored South Pass area to improve the Central Overland trail |
| Laramie, Jacques | French trapper killed in 1821 by Arapaho Indians. Laramie River was named after him. |
| Loring, W.W. | Colonel, Mounted Rifles |
| Mackenzie, Ranald | Col, 4th U.S. Cavalry - fought at the battle with Chief Dull Knife at Crazy Woman Creek |
| Martin, Charles | One of the first men hung by vigilantes in Cheyenne, in March 1868. From Lexington, Missouri with wife and two children in Missouri. |
| Mcgraw, William F. | Civilian road contractor 1858 at Ft. Thompson and later leader of a volunteer U.S. Army unit. |
| McKinney, John A. |
1st Lt, 4th U.S. Cavalry - killed by Indians on November 25, 1876 (along with six other men) at Crazy Woman Creek in the battle with the Northern Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife and his warriors. |
| Miller, Sam | Mule driver for Major Cross' Mountain Rifles, died of cholera |
| Mizner, Henry R | Capt 18th U.S. Infantry |
| Moonlight, Thomas | Col. Commander at Ft. Laramie, relieved of his command in 1864 |
| Morgan, Mr | Surveyor, U.P. R.R. at Ft. Bridger 1864 |
| Morris, Richard L. | Capt, 18th U.S. Infantry |
| O'Ferrall, John | Major, 11th Ohio Cavalry. |
| Patton, William | Civilian at Fort William |
| Pawnee | Correspondent for the Missouri Republican, called himself Pawnee in his articles |
| Phillips, John "Portugee" | Civilian freight contractor who went for help after the Fetterman Massacre |
| Pollock, Edwin | Capt, 9th U.S. Infantry |
| Pope, John | Major General at Fort Caspar |
| Powell, James | Major, 7th Infantry, Wagon Box Battle |
| Powers, Harry | 1868 Coronors Juror in Cheyenne |
| Proctor, Joseph L. | Capt, 18th U.S. Infantry |
| Red Cloud | Ogalala Sioux Chief |
| Reno, Jesse L. | Major - died September 14, 1862 at the Battle of South Mountain, Civil War |
| Robert, Joseph | Capt, 4th U.S. Artillery |
| Russell, David A. | Brig Gen. - killed on September 19, 1864 in Virginia - Civil War |
| Sanders, William P. |
Brig General. |
| Sanderson, Winslow F. | Major, Mounted Riflemen |
| Sarpy, John | Fort John named after him |
| Sheridan, Philip | Lt. Gen. |
| Smith, R.J. | Civilian teamster at Wagon Box Battle |
| Stambaugh, Charles B. |
1st Lt, 2nd U.S. Cavalry - Killed on May 4,1870 near Miner's Delight |
| Stansbury, Howard | Lt., Corps of Topographical Engineers |
| Steele, Frederick | Colonel, 20th U.S. Infantry |
| Sternberg, Lt | Lt., U.S. Army, killed at Hayfield Battle |
| Sternburger, Bud | 1868 Coronors Juror in Cheyenne |
| Stevenson, John D | Col, 30th U.S. Infantry |
| Sublette, William | Civilian at Fort William; co-founder of Ft. Laramie Trading Post |
| Thunderhawk | Sans Arc Chief at Wagon Box Battle |
| Torrey, Robert A | Capt, 13th U.S. Infantry |
| Tower, E. M. | 1868 Coronors Juror in Cheyenne |
| Twiggs, David E. | Col, 2nd U.S. Dragoons |
| Two Face | Oglala Sioux chief |
| Vasquez, Luis | Co founder of Ft. Bridger |
| Walbach, John De Barth |
Colonel, 4th U.S. Artillery, died June 10, 1857 |
Ward, Mr. |
Sutler 1864 at Ft. Bridger |
| Warren, Francis E. |
Civil War veteran and first governor of Wyoming |
| Washakie, Chief | Chief of the Shoshone Indians |
| Wilkinson, F.W. | 1868 Coronors Juror in Cheyenne |
Listed on our Wyoming Veterans Roll of Honor
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