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Henning, as well as Forts Blair and Insley, was surrounded by log palisades covered on the outside by earthworks, which were surrounded by wide, deep ditches. The blockhouse itself was constructed of rough wood planks and had a shingle roof. It stood two stories tall and had ports on both
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Military Posts in Kansas: 1854-1865" (Ph.D. dissertation, Faith Baptist College and Seminary, 1997), pp. 36-7, 128; Leo O. Oliva,
98:(Fort Scott: Monitor Print. Co., 1900), p. 52; C. E. Cory, "Old Block House," biographical scrapbook, p. 204 (from the KSHS, Topeka); Cory, "The Old Blockhouse,"
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102:(Fort Scott), March 27, 1924, p. 3;www.vlib.us/old_west/forts1865.html , Pollard, "Kansas Forts During the Civil War".
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