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From: "Fran Warren" <>
Subject: [ARKANSAS] News account of the Killed, Wounded & Missing Civil War
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:34:13 -0700


The old newspapers include information like the following article which makes them so very informative and exciting to read:
New Era
Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas

May 28, 1864
REPORT OF THE KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING, OF THE 12TH KANSAS VOLUNTEERS, AT THE BATTLE OF JENKINS FERRY, ON THE SALINE RIVER, APRIL 30, 1864

Killed- Privates, Wm Zinn, B Company, Ellis Sowers, I Company, and Rufus B Burley, K Company, all shot through the head.

Mortally Wounded- Lieutenant Colonel J E Hayes, in thigh, and Lietenant George Ellis, I Company, in breast.

WOUNDED

Colonel C W Adams, severe in left arm.

Company A- Wm Day, severe in left thigh.

Company B- F D Cosely slightly shot in the face; Wm Martin, ditto; G W Hickman, missing; Henry Hurd, ditto; R F Moore, ditto.

Company C- Corporal D M Sheldon, severe in left thigh; James Stanbrough, severe in left leg; Louis Barnard, missing; Samuel Jackson, ditto.

Company D- Allen Callahan, severe in left hand.

Company E- Frank Lavo, slight in thigh; James Dalton, slight in foot; W H Cable, slight in arm; J P Cone, left sick in hands of the enemy; Corporal Thomas Pugh, ditto.

Company F- Wm Carroll, severe in foot; Lewis Foster, severe in thigh; Wm M Gray, severe in arm; L B Jenks, ditto; L E Middlebusher, slight in head; George J Pearce, severe in leg.

Company G- Jacob Wagmire, severe in left arm and side; G A Shields, severe in thigh.

Company I- Sergeant S R Hogue, missing; Corporal W J Victor, ditto; Corporal Frank Deweese, in left arm, missing; Corporal Thomas Allen, missing; Wm Johnson, severe in knee, prisoner; C M White, slight in left side; Marshal Bone, missing; J F Lowe, ditto; Henry Haight, ditto.

Company K- 1st Lieutenant P J Miserez slight in right shoulder 2nd Lieutenant Wm Barret, ditto in left shoulder; A J Ball, severe in the thigh; U Mason, severe in left hand; Thomas Bettes, severe in leg; A H Hooker, right cheek; J N Wier, ditto.

Fran Alverson Warren
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479-369-2703
http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/

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