Some park buildings are temporarily closed to clean up after the Fire Suppression System replacement. Closed are Officer's Quarters #2, some of the Post Headquarters, and some of the Dragoon Barracks, A virtual tour link below. More
The accoutrements and weapons of the infantry soldier are as follows:
Bayonet Sling - made of white leather. Holds the bayonet. Used by the infantry.
Cartridge Box - made of black leather. Used to hold cartridges. Cartridges were cylindrical tubes of paper that contained a charge of black powder and a bullet or ball.
Cartridge Sling - made of white leather. Used by the infantry to carry their cartridge boxes.
Waist Belt - made of white leather. Goes around the waist and has a belt buckle attached. Used by the infantry.
Whisk and Pick - used to clean black powder residue out of the pan and the touchhole of the musket.
Bayonet - a metal spearlike weapon, detachable, and affixes to the ends of muskets and
rifles. Used in hand-to-hand combat.
Musket - a long smoothbore weapon. The muskets used at Fort Scott were flintlocks.
The accoutrements and weapons of the dragoon soldier are as follows:
Carbine Sling - made of white leather. It hooked on to a ring that was on the carbine and musketoon. Used to hold a dragoon's weapon, leaving both hands free to hold the reins of the horses.
Saber Belt - Made of white leather. It was really a waist belt and a saber sling combined into one.
Cap Box - made of black leather. Used to hold percussion caps.
Carbine - a smoothbore weapon used by the dragoons. It had a shorter barrel than the musket. Most carbines were breechloaders and were also percussion weapons.
Musketoon - similar to the carbine, but it was a muzzleloader. Used by the dragoons.
Saber -like a sword, but with a curved blade. Used by the dragoons in mounted combat.
Pistol - single shot weapons used by the dragoons in mounted combat. It was a weapon of last resort. It was holstered on the saddle of the horse.
Walker-Colt Revolver - used by mounted troops in the late 1840s and early 1850s. It was capable of having six rounds loaded in it at once.
