Fort Wallace Cemetery - Wallace, Kansas
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BruceS
N 38° 54.364 W 101° 33.590
14S E 278030 N 4309469
The Fort Wallace Cemetery was the burial grounds for Fort Wallace in western Kansas.
Waymark Code: WM2037
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2007
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Fort Wallace Cemetery is now part of the Wallace Township Cemetery. The Fort's cemetery is enclosed in a rock wall. Fort Wallace was the furthest west fort in Kansas and was in existence from 1865 until 1882. The cemetery was the burial site for soldiers who died while serving at Fort Wallace. In 1886 the military moved most of the soldiers remains to Fort Leavenworth. The cemetery has a memorial placed in 1867 by the soldiers from the fort honoring their fallen comrades. The cemetery including its rock wall has been restored.
Date cemetery was established: 1865
Visiting hours:
Daylight hours
Website pertaining to the cemetery: [Web Link]
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