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Monday, August 31, 2015

This Day in Fort Scott History

From Fort Scott National Historic Site, National Park Service:




This Day in Fort Scott History
August 31, 1843

A detachment of Company A, First US Dragoons, under command of Lt Richard Ewell, arrives at Council Grove to serve as part of a protective escort. The 150 wagons, all Mexican, departed for Santa Fe on Sep 2. The troops returned to Fort Scott in late October.

Photo of Ewell as a Confederate general during the Civil War.

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