Fort Scott National Cemetery
Fort Scott National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Fort Scott, in Bourbon County, Kansas. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 21.8 acres, and as of 2014, had more than 7,000 interments. It is one of three national cemeteries in Kansas.
One of the twelve original United States National Cemeteries designated by Abraham Lincoln, it has the distinction of being listed as U.S. National Cemetery #1.
At the end of the Civil War, the original fort cemetery interments were moved into the National Cemetery, as well, at the close of the Indian Wars, many frontier posts, such as Fort Lincoln, were abandoned and had their cemeteries transferred to Fort Scott.
The cemetery also contains the Commonwealth war graves of two Royal Canadian Air Force officers of World War II.
2018 Fort Scott National Cemetery Wreath Ceremony, Fort Scott, Kansas
Here are a few drone shots from the 2018 Wreath Ceremony held on December 15, 2018 in Fort Scott, Kansas.
Fort Scott National Cemetery
Join along as we visit the Fort Scott National Cemetery in Fort Scott, Kansas.
Info below is from historic markers at cemetery..
FORT SCOTT NATIONAL CEMETERY
Civil War Fort Scott
Fort Scott, founded 1842, was named for former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army, Gen. Winfield Scott. The army abandoned the fort in 1853, but the Civil War prompted federal troops to return in 1862. Fort Scott became the headquarters of the Department of Kansas and an important supply depot. Pro-Union supporters in Kansas—white, black, and American Indian—also found refuge here.
The first black regiment recruited in a Northern state, the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, mustered into service at Fort Scott on January 13, 1863. The 2nd Kansas Colored Infantry was organized here in fall 1863 before departing for Arkansas.
Prior to this, in late October 1862, a group of 224 Union soldiers, seven officers, and several scouts—men who later served in the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry—left Fort Scott for Missouri in search of Confederates. They quickly found them. At Island Mound fighting lasted two days. The 1st Kansas “fought like tigers,” reported a Union lieutenant. It was the first of many battles where the regiment excelled.
National Cemetery
From 1842 to 1853, seventeen individuals were buried in the Fort Scott post cemetery. When the fort was reoccupied in 1862, the U.S. Army established a new area as Fort Scott National Cemetery for the internment of Union soldiers.
An 1867 law directed the secretary of war to appoint a “meritorious and trustworthy” superintendent to manage the national cemetery. To qualify for the position, the individual had to have been an enlisted man disabled in service. These restrictions were loosened over time. Absalom Hyde, formerly a captain in the 16th Kansas Calvary, was named superintendent here in July 1868.
The U.S. Army improved the cemetery in the 1870s. A stone wall enclosed the 5-acre property, which contained 492 internments, including fourteen Confederate prisoners. A brick Second Empire-style lodge housed the superintendent and his family. Prior to its completion, the superintendent lived in town.
Several notable Civil War soldiers are buried or memorialized in the cemetery. A large sandstone boulder marks the grave of Capt. Eugene F. Ware, 7th Iowa Calvary, who worked as a lawyer and author, known as “Ironquill,” after the war. He died in 1911 (west end of sections 10 and 13, Grave 1).
Also buried here are sixteen American Indian soldiers who enlisted in Union Indian Home Guard during the Civil War. These regiments were made up of loyal refugees who came to Kansas from Indian Territory (Oklahoma) in 1861 and 1862. The men served as scouts for other Union regiments.
A granite monument dedicated to soldiers of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry and the 2nd Kansas Battery was erected here in 1984. It is inscribed with the names of eighteen men killed in battle near Sherwood, Missouri, on May 18, 1863.”
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Around Kansas - Fort Scott National Cemetery - May 25, 2016
(Deb) Welcome back, folks. (Frank) [laughs] (Deb) It’s been a great experience for me sharing all the national cemeteries with you this month that are in Kansas and obviously some beautiful places and very appropriate to visit sometime this month or anytime. (Frank) Well, Memorial Day is coming up too. So, it will be a great time. (Deb) Memorial Day is coming up. It’ll be a great time, most of the cemeteries will be decorated and a lot of them will have people there to answer questions or help you find folks. WaKeeney is a State Veteran Cemetery. And that’s really neat, in fact, Dr. Jake and his Calvary crew will be doing the color guard there for their ceremonies. So, even though the national cemeteries are really wonderful, most of the cemeteries will have some kind of veterans’ service. They have the local VFW, American Legion and somebody comes out and does something. So, find out what’s going on in your neighborhood and go out and support those, because these guys work awfully hard that weekend to get around to do all those services. (Frank) So, she’s going to talk to you about Fort Scott. (Deb) Fort Scott National Cemetery is located on the eastern outskirts of the city of Fort Scott. Fort Scott is located midway between Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, on the route historically known as the Military Road. Fort Scott was established in 1842 and named for Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, then, General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army. The fort’s primary purpose was to maintain a three-way peace among Native American tribes forcibly relocated from Florida and the East, local tribes, and incoming white settlers. Troops guarded caravans on the Santa Fe Trail and patrolled the vast frontier territory. During the 1840s, the Army established a cemetery on the west side of town to accommodate the burial of soldiers who died while stationed at the Fort Scott garrison. In 1861, town officers and citizens of Fort Scott purchased approximately four acres southeast of the old post for use as a community burying ground. Since the cemetery was controlled by the Presbyterian Church, it was known as the Presbyterian Graveyard. After the start of the Civil War, the new cemetery was used for the interment of soldiers stationed at Fort Scott. When Congress approved the creation of national cemeteries in 1862, the cemetery became one of 14 national cemeteries to be designated or established as such that year. On Nov. 15, 1862, the Presbyterian Graveyard and an adjoining tract owned by the Town Company were designated as Fort Scott National Cemetery. After the war’s end in 1865, the remains of those buried in the old military cemetery, as well as other soldiers buried in the vicinity, in Missouri and Kansas, were re-interred at Fort Scott National Cemetery. Following the close of the Indian Wars and resettlement of Native Americans, the Army closed or consolidated many of its small military outposts in the West. As a result, between 1885 and 1907, the federal government vacated numerous military post cemeteries, such as Fort Lincoln, Kansas, and re-interred the remains at Fort Scott National Cemetery. Eugene Fitch Ware, a noted Kansas poet, is buried in Grave 1 in the heart-shaped section of the cemetery. Ware was a Connecticut native who moved to Ft. Scott at the age of 26 in 1867 and spent the remainder of his life in Kansas. Ware served in the 7th Iowa Cavalry during the Civil War and was based at Ft. Scott. After the war, he entered the bar and practiced law at Ft. Scott and became active in Kansas politics. Ware achieved fame as a poet writing under the pseudonym, Ironquill. He was a prolific poet and some of his most famous works include The Washerwoman’s Song and John Brown. A large native sandstone boulder marks Ware’s grave. The natural beauty of this boulder impressed Ware and one of his final requests was that it be used as his grave marker. Also interred at Fort Scott National Cemetery are the remains of 16 Native American soldiers--all privates in the Indian Regiments of the Union Army who served as invaluable scouts. Fort Scott National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
(Deb) Goodbye to me. (Frank) [sings] Crazy [laughs]. (Deb) Crazy. It’s been crazy. (Frank) I’m Frank. (Deb) I’m Deb. (Frank) And we’ll see you somewhere (Both) Around Kansas.
Veterans Day Ceremony - Fort Scott, Kansas - US National Cemetery No. 1
2015 Veterans Day Ceremony - Fort Scott, Kansas - US National Cemetery No. 1
Fort Scott National Historic Site celebrates 175 years!
Fort Scott National Historic Site celebrates 175 years on May 30, 2017 as the site was established as a U.S. Army fort on that date in 1842. Visit nps.gov/fosc for more information.
A Slaughter in the Basement (Fort Scott,KANSAS)
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Around Kansas - Fort Dodge - May 09,2018
Fort Dodge was established in 1865 to protect traffic on the Santa Fe Trail. Establishing a fort is one thing; building it is something else, as the new signs at the post tell us. Let's take the Enlisted Men's Barracks, for example.
StoryCorps: Fort Scott National Historic Site
Retired site historian Arnold Schofield talks with friend, and National Park Service volunteer and former seasonal ranger, Robert Skip Thomas. They share their memories of working at Fort Scott National Historic Site in Kansas and its importance as a historical site.
Around Kansas - Fort Scott - Nov. 25, 2015
(Frank) And we're back. (Deb) It's almost turkey day. (Frank) So, yes. And well, I don't know if I should bring up the controversy over turkeys or not. I hope you got a turkey, cause you know there was a shortage. Maybe it's turkey day and maybe it's not for a lot of families. But, the whole idea of course is getting together with families and being thankful for the blessings that you've got. (Deb) And you know I think you should be thankful for all the wild turkeys we've got in Kansas. And by golly, you can go hunt one. (Frank) That's right. (Deb) We've got so many wild turkeys. (Frank) Ah, anyway. So we hope that you will have a very, very happy Thanksgiving. (Deb) Make friends with a hunter today. If you are missing a turkey for tomorrow. Make friends with a hunter. That's the plan. (Frank) Yea, bring back really old traditions. Get one. (Deb) May take a little tenderizing, but you know you'll be OK. (Frank) Anyway, we're gonna talk about a place called... (Deb) Fort Scott. (Frank) Fort Scott. So, it's located of course, in Kansas. (Deb) Of course, southeastern part of the state. Fort Scott is one of the oldest communities in the state. And the first weekend in December every year the National Historic Site at Fort Scott has a candlelight tour. That is one of the best events around the state. Now, get your tickets now. It maybe be too late already. But it's never too late to go see the fort. But you walk in and it's like scenes from whatever time they pick out. It's like you just walked into the middle of their lives and whatever era they decide to interpret. So this year, it's 1865. So 150 years ago. And it's of course, a beautiful site and...but let's just take a look at some more about Fort Scott. Built in 1842, Fort Scott was named for General Winfield Scott, hero of the Mexican War. It was located on the frontier, on the military road that connected Fort Leavenworth to Fort Gibson in present day Oklahoma. Fort Scott became one of a chain of forts intended to protect the new settlers from the Plains Indians, as well as to protect the Indians from the rapidly increasing number of settlers migrating from the eastern United States. The United States government had intended to reserve permanent Indian lands west of the Missouri River and had moved Eastern tribes to the central United States. This plan soon gave way, however, to the competition of settlers continuing to encroach on the Indian settlements. Fort Scott's most active days were between 1842 and 1853. Lack of materials and other setbacks delayed construction of the buildings and soldiers slept in tents. Aside from a few whiskey peddlers and prostitutes, few civilians lived at the fort. Officers had brought their personal slaves with them. Five miles East in Missouri was a grog shop that supplied soldiers, and quite a few courts-martial resulted from soldiers' going AWOL at the shop. The desertion rate from the fort was high. Boredom, irregular pay, and hatred for military life were poor incentives for loyalty. Hunting was a popular pastime; wolf chasing and duck hunting was the only way one officer could tolerate the place. The army deemed the post unnecessary and auctioned the buildings to civilians. It was put into service again during the Civil War and used
until 1873. The fort fell into disrepair until 1965 when the National Park Service stepped in with the money to make repairs. The current national historic site protects 20 historic structures, a parade ground, and five acres of restored Tallgrass Prairie, inside the city of Fort Scott.
Fort Scott National Historic Site holds special artillery display
Fort Scott National Historic Site holds special artillery display
Memorial Day at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery
Today we celebrate, honor and remember those who fought and sacrificed for their country & our freedom. Happy Memorial Day.
Leavenworth Monument
Courtesy of the Department of Veterans Affairs,
National Cemetery Administration, History Program
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, established in 1862 on the grounds of the Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation, is one of the oldest national cemeteries. The cemetery retains many of its historic features including portions of the stone perimeter wall dating to 1869, the superintendent’s lodge from 1905, and several private markers to great military leaders such as Brigadier General Henry Leavenworth—the fort’s namesake—and Colonel Edward Hatch.
The cemetery is the resting place of eight Medal of Honor recipients, but most are the unknown soldiers of war.
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Fort Supply Historic Site
Explore the fascinating history of Fort Supply. This old frontier army post was established in 1868. The fort served General Philip Sheridan’s winter campaign against hostile Indian tribes of the southern Great Plains. The fort was also responsible for protecting the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservations from incursions by whites, and for protecting travelers and southern Kansas from hostile tribes. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the fort is open to the public.
Kansas Forts
Fort Larned was one of many army forts in Kansas. Fort Riley was established in 1853 and Fort Scott was established in 1842. When most Indians had been brought under control Fort Zarah closed. Fort Lincoln and Fort Ellsworth both play another part in Kansas history. These are some Kansas forts.
Not just any man can do this...
Brandon's adventureous plight to set off an 1862 original cannon. This took place at the Civil War re-enactment in Diller, NE.
Around KS - Fort Wallace
Deb Bisel shares stories about how Fort Wallace played an important part in the Indian Wars.
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY - US Military Cemetery
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Ft Scott, KS Patriot Flag 2011
The Patriot Flag is a tribute to the armed forces and first responders who assisted during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America, as well as the victims of those attacks and their families. It is on a nationwide 50 States in 50 Weeks tour of remembrance in which it will fly in each of the 50 states before being raised in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on the upcoming 10th anniversary of the attacks. It has been flown in 25 states and 60 cities as of Jan. 29.