Fort Scott National Cemetery Info
from Kansas CountyCam's visit to Fort Scott
The Fort Scott National Cemetery was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln for US Civil War veterans. This was the first of the 12 original national cemeteries, in use 40 days before the National Cemetery at Arlington, VA.
Larger tombstones are for people who had already been buried in the Presbyterian congregation cemetery which became the national cemetery.
Cemetery Records Online
List of all burial records on file with the Veteran's Administration
Native American Civil War veterans
There are at least 16 native American Civil War veterans, buried mostly in Section 1 (northwest side of the cemetery, near the west entrance), listed here with burial date:
- BINCHE, Jno - Pvt, Co. K: 11 Dec 1862
- CUNNINGHAM, James - Pvt: 3 Dec 1862
- COMING DEER - Pvt, Co. A: 5 Dec 1862
- DAVE - Pvt: 16 Dec 1862
- DEER-IN-WATER - Pvt: 15 Dec 1862
- DRINKER, Joseph ("Indian Joe") - Pvt: 14 Dec 1862
- FLEETWOOD, Charles - Sgt: unknown date
- HAND, Richard - Pvt, Co F: 6 Jan 1863
- ORD, Issac - Sgt, Co K: 15 Jun 1864
- PARHOSA - Pvt, Co I: 18 Mar 1864
- SET-THEM-UP: 22 Sep 1862
- SPRINGSTON, Johnson - Pvt, Co L: 14 Dec 1863
- STICK-OUT-BELLY - Pvt: 24 Nov 1862
- VAUN, Henry - Pvt, Co. F: 3 Dec 1863
- WOODARD - 3rd Indiana Regiment: 5 Jan 1863
- YOUNG CHICKEN - Pvt, Co. B: 6 Feb 1865
United States Colored Troop (USCT)
Of the 63 soldiers of the Kansas Colored Troops, most are buried in Section 5, near the west entrance and to the south of the driveway, with USCT marked on their headstones.
Confederate Soldiers
The 13 Confederate soldiers are buried together at a diagonal from the straight rows of Union soldier headstones. They died at a local hospital during the Civil War.
More directory information
The caretaker has a complete directory of persons buried at the Fort Scott National Cemetery. Phone him at (316) 223-2840 or write:
Fort Scott National Cemetery,
PO Box 917,
Fort Scott, KS 66701
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