• Fort Parade Ground and Officers Quarters as seen from Guardhouse

    Fort Scott

    National Historic Site Kansas

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  • Highlights in History

    Saturday, May 26, 2012

    Living history programs, blackpowder demonstrations, and interpretive talks hilghlighting siginificant aspects of Fort Scott's history will be offered on thes days. More

  • Highlights in History

    Sunday, May 27, 2012

    Living history programs, blackpowder demonstrations, and interpretive talks hilghlighting siginificant aspects of Fort Scott's history will be offered on thes days. More

  • Highlights in History

    Monday, May 28, 2012

    Living history programs, blackpowder demonstrations, and interpretive talks hilghlighting siginificant aspects of Fort Scott's history will be offered on thes days. More

 

Did You Know?

Reenactors portraying the First Kansas Colored at a Civil War Encampment at Fort Scott in April of 2003

Kansas was the first Union state to recruit, muster, train and send African American soldiers into combat during the Civil War. The First Kansas Colored Infantry mustered in at Fort Scott, Kansas on January 13, 1863. The unit compiled a proud combat record during the war.