Today we left Chanute and followed Roger & Leta to Louisburg, KS. On our way to Louisburg we stopped at the Bronson Cemetery where my great grandparents on both the Elliott and Rogers side are buried. We then stopped in Fort Scott, KS at a historical site. It was an old army base during the Civil War. In 1861 the Civil War begin. The conflict brought the Army back to the town which had grown up around the abandoned post. The Army rented back most of their former buildings and occupied or built more throughout the town. Fort Scott was an important supply base and staging area for the Union Army.
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| They still have brick sidewalks |
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| One of the buildings we went into. There were around 13 building like this one surrounding the parade ground. There were sections cut out of some of the buildings so you could see how the foundations and buildings were built. |
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| The hospital was housed in one of the buildings. |
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| The laundry room |
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| Where the cannons were housed |
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| Lead for the bullets were stored in these boxes. |
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| More of the buildings |
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