The Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce is preparing to bring a historic mural to downtown. “The first Kansas colored infantry was sworn in on the parade grounds here at Fort Scott, shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation, and so this is a story that has always been in Fort Scott’s legacy,” said Rachel French. The mural will honor this infantry, who were the first African American soldiers who fought in the Civil War. According to the Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kansas was the first northern state to recruit, train, and send African American soldiers into combat during the Civil War.
Source: KSNF/KODE
