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Location: EVERGREEN CEMETERY

City: FORT SCOTT

State: Kansas

Zip Code: 66701

Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones

Access: Cemetery

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: THOMAS ONIONS


PVT. LONGSHORE RECEIVED HIS MEDAL OF HONOR FOR BEING PART OF THE “FORLORN HOPE” IN THE BATTLE OF VICKSBURG. A “FORLORN HOPE” IS A BAND OF SOLDIERS OR OTHER COMBATANTS CHOSEN TO TAKE THE LEADING PART IN A MILITARY OPERATION SUCH AS AN ASSAULT ON A DEFENDED POSITION WHERE THE RISK OF CASUALTIES IS HIGH.


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