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Fort Scott Stick Out Belly service-pnp-habshaer-ks-ks0200-ks0216-photos-364789pr.jpg

This file appears in: Fort Scott National Cemetery

Fort Scott National Cemetery

By University of Central Missouri Department of History MA in History student Lex Alexander with funding from the Veterans Administration Veterans Legacy Grant Program

The monument located within the grounds of the Fort Scott National Cemetery reads: "In Memory of the soldiers of the 1st Regiment Kansas Colored Volunteers who gave their lives in battle May 18, 1863 near Sherwood, Missouri." Henry…