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At first they only had two guns; one was " old Sacramento," the gun which Col. Doniphan had captured from the Mexicans at Sacramento in 1846, originally a nine-pounder, but now bored out to a twelve-pounder.
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(See article headed " Lafayette Men's First Battle.") The other one was an iron six-pounder, one of the two that had been cast at Morrison's foundry. A brass six-pounder from Independence was afterwards added to the bat- / tery. But during the course of the war Bledsoe's battery lost, captured, exploded and wore out guns, so that first and last it had in use every kind of gun known to modern artillery service-howitzers, parrotts, Rodmans, Napoleons,-brass, iron, steel amalgum; rifled and smoothe bores.
The battery was engaged, under its original commander, Capt. Bledsoe, of Lexington, in the battles of Springfield or Wilson's Creek, Elkhorn, Dry Fork, Lexington, Carthage, Corinth, Iuka, Franklin, Nashville, Chicamauga, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Ring- gold Gap, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Chickasaw Bayou, Vicksburg, Port Hudson, Jackson, Mississippi; Atlantic, Columbia. Owing to the uniform success and skill with which this battery was managed, and the fact that it retained the same name and commander from the first battle in Missouri to the final close of the war, there was probably no artillery com- mand on either side, which won so wide a fame as " Bledsoe's battery."
The following list of members and casualties is all we have been able to gather of men from Lafayette county:
Captain, H. M. Bledsoe, of Lexington.
1st Lieut., Curtiss O. Wallace, of Lexington; resigned in 1862.
2d Lieut., Charles Higgins, of Lexington; wounded in hip with grape shot at Battle of Carthage.
3d Lieut., Frank S. Trigg, of Lexington; wounded at Pea Ridge.
At Battle of Wilson's Creek it had 40 men engaged. David Morris was killed. Wm. Young, of Lexington, had left arm shot off at shoulder, and right hand, all except the thumb and forefinger. H. P. Anderson shot in face and breast. Horses nearly all killed.
At Carthage, Charles Wallace, Lieut. Higgins and Thomas Bratton were wounded, besides eight others, names not learned. Seven of the bat- tery horses were killed.
At Dry Fork Capt. Bledsoe himself was severly wounded, but recov- ered sufficiently to reach Lexington and take command of his battery in the last day's fight there.
J. S. Wheatley, lieutenant, enlisted, 1851; wounded at Jackson, Miss., July 10, 1863; discharged, 1865.
Wm. B. Steele, of Lexington; enlisted in 1861, and served till the final surrender in 1865.
John Santameyer, Davis township.
Hezekiah Santameyer, from Davis township.
Amos Anson, from Davis township.
Wm. Summers, from Lexington.
C. L. Bradley, of Lexington, enlisted in 1861, and went through.
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Arthur Brown, from Mayview.
Charles Wallace, from Lexington, went through.
F. S. Letton, from Lexington, sergeant all through.
Thomas Young, from Lexington, from 1861 through.
Hamilton Atterberry, from Aullville.
Benj. Atterberry, from Aullville.
Lee Boak, from Clay township.
Charles Anderson, from Aullville.
J. R. Martin, from Lexington, served all through.
Several years ago a consecutive sketch of the different actions engaged in by this battery, was written by W. B. Steel, Esq., for six years past the efficient and popular county clerk. From this document, still in man- uscript, we copy a few stirring incidents. In September, 1862, while the confederates were marching south from Iuka, and being pursued and annoyed by the federal cavalry, the narrative says:
Our guns [Bledsoe's battery], were placed in line by the side of the road; the 2d Texas regiment formed on us and in line between our guns; the balance of the brigade [Gen. Price's], were formed to our right and left, and to our rear. Our cavalry had formed on a ridge some 200 yards in our rear. The enemy were seen forming in our front about 200 yards off; they seemed to be observing our cavalry, and took no notice of us. We waited until about 500 or 600 had gotten in line, when we opened with our battery and that of the 2d Texas; we fired very rapidly for a few minutes, and greatly surprised the Texans by the rapidity with which we could fire, for we fired six rounds while they only got in two. This had a good effect; it stopped the enemy from any further annoyance and caused our trains to move up. See Gen. Maury's report of battle of Iuka, to Gen. Price. Also Bevier's "Confederate Brigades," page 135.
At the battle of Resaca, second day, the narrative says:
When the sun was fairly up, the enemy made his appearance, and our battery was the first to welcome them. We had hardly fired the second round when the enemy's batteries to our left opened on us; we at once turned on them, when suddenly twenty or thirty rifled guns at long range poured their fire upon us, and it looked as if the whole earth would be torn up. We kept up our firing on those batteries that were within range until about 2 o'clock p. m., when one of the enemy's balls from a rifled gun struck the right wheel of our left gun about middle way, going through the tire and hub, which at once dismounted our gun and she fell to the ground; out of nine cannoneers seven were wounded, and but two left to mount the gun. It was hardly a minute, however, before she was remounted and again engaged with the enemy.
At the battle of Nashville:
The enemy came out above Nashville on our left, in strong force, and succeeded in breaking our lines. Our division was ordered to reinforce the left, but the artillery was ordered to remain on the right to defend that part of the line, should the enemy advance. While the fight was pro- gressing on the left, and we were on a high elevation anxiously gazing on
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the scene, some one called, "Look, look, here they come!" "To guns. "to guns!" was the order. We were at once ready for action, and Cap- tain Bledsoe gave orders to hold fire-not to fire until the enemy were within twenty paces. Captain B. had his own battery, besides Capt. Goldthwait's and Capt. Beauregard's, making twelve Napoleon guns. Our guns were double charged with canister, awaiting the near approach of the enemy. Soon we discovered a line of battle-colored .troops advancing on us through a blue grass pasture, and behind them a line of white soldiers. We held fire until they were close, when it seemed that every gun was fired at the same time, which created great confusion and panic with the enemy. We fired as fast as we could; the enemy were fleeing in the greatest disorder; we kept up the fire until they were out of sight. We found the field strewn with dead and wounded in our front; one of our men counted sixteen federal soldiers touching each other, so close were the dead lying.
THE SECOND MISSOURI ARTILLERY,
originally known as "Clarke's "; afterward as " King's " and toward the close of the war as " Ferris' Battery," consisted originally of four guns -- two six pounder field pieces, and two twelve pounder howitzers, organ- ized by Capt. Clark, under the authority of Gen. Price, for the Missouri State Guard. In December, 1861, when the state guards disbanded, Clark, who held a captain's commission in the confederate army, recruited a company for "three years or the war," retaining the same guns. It was then known as " Clarke's Battery," or the "2nd Missouri Artillery," and was attached to the First Missouri Brigade. At the battle of Elkhorn, Capt. Clarke was killed while the battery was gallantly sustaining a heavy fire from the federal artillery. The officers and men were favorably men- tioned by Gen. Little in his official report of the battle. At Memphis, Tenn., First Lieut. Houston King, was elected captain and the battery was afterwards known as "Kings Battery." It did good service at the battles of Iuka and Corinth. In 1863, it was ordered to report to Gen. Earl Van Dorn, commanding cavalry division, at Okolona, Miss. At this time the battery consisted of two twelve pounder howitzers, confederate make, and two three-inch brass rifles, federal trophies. Each carriage was drawn by eight horses and the cannnoneers were all mounted and drilled to maneuver with cavalry. At the battle of Thompson's Station, near Spring Hill, in Tenn., this battery was especially commended by Gen. Van Dorn in his official report, the following account of which is given by Capt. Jo. A. Wilson, who was then sergeant of the company:
" The fight lasted three or four hours, a portion of the time in a blind- ing snow storm. The enemy being strongly posted on a wooded hill, repulsed our cavalry several times, although the attack was made with vigor and determination. *
* * Just when it seemed as if we would have to retire and give up the field, we heard the order, 'Limber to the front!' ' Cannoneers mount !' 'Forward, gallop, march!' Away we
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went up the turnpike through a shower of balls, right at the enemy's line. When within one hundred yards of the enemy, the guns were rapidly unlimbered and a destructive fire of cannister was poured into the dense mass of infantry, driving them back in disorder. The advantage gained was quickly followed up and the surrender of the entire force of federal infantry was the result."
In the federal account of this engagement, taken from Harper's Weekly of March 21, 1863, mention is made particularly of the " heavy fire " of this battery.
. In the fall of 1863, twenty men and a ten pounder parrot gun from an Arkansas battery were attached to this company. The parrot gun took the place of one of the howitzers which burst from overloading during a fight with federal gun-boats on the Tennessee river. Sergeant Tucker, chief of this piece was killed near Marietta, Ga., June 19, 1864. From this time until the close of the war, this battery was in almost constant ser- vice, engaged principally in harrassing Sherman on his march to the sea. In April, 1865, it surrendered to Gen. Canby at Gainesville, Alabama. In a little less than four years this company had marched over nine thousand miles, traveled by rail and steamer over twelve hundred miles, took part in over sixty engagements and fired about fifteen thousand rounds of ammunition. From first to last it had on its muster roll, about 150 men, the average number belonging being from 80 to 100. Following is a list of the members who went from this county, with a record of their present place of residence and occupation as far as can be ascertained:
Capt. Houston King.
Sergeant Jo. A. Wilson; banker, Lexington, Mo.
Sergeant John C. Campbell; died at St. Louis, 1866.
Sergeant Andrew Francisco, Waverly, Mo.
Corporal B. F. Denny.
Corporal Henderson Yokely, Pulaska, Tenn.
PRIVATES.
Allen Coleman, died at Waverly, Mo.
Robt. Davis, Indian Nation.
Henry Francisco, Waverly, Mo.
John Goggins, Waverly, Mo.
J. W. James, Waverly, Mo.
Thos. C. James, Waverly, Mo.
Thos. J. Jones, Waverly, Mo. Van King, Waverly, Mo.
Aaron R. Levering, died after the war.
Joseph D. Marquis, died in Saline county, Mo.
James Rollins, died in Saline county, Mo.
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Ben Rollins, Lexington, Mo.
Wesley Smith, farmer, Lexington, Mo.
R. W. Shockley, Ray county, Mo.
Andrew Yokeley, Lafayette county, Mo.
COLLINS' BATTERY,
was organized in April, 1862, in Arkansas, and was made up largely of Lafayette county men. It became the especial pet of Gen. Joe Shelby and his cavalry brigade, and played an important part in some of the most dashing and brilliant exploits of that very remarkable command. It was this battery which made the celebrated capture of the federal iron-clad gunboat Queen City, and blew her up at Clarendon, Arkansas. The bat- tery comprised four splendid' guns, nearly or quite all trophies of their own capture; the organization had 87 men, rank and file, of whom 21 were killed and 29 wounded. One of its novel and romantic features was a pet black bear, which the men kept with them through many marches and battles. It is said that these guns were first commanded by Joseph Bledsoe, a brother of Hiram Bledsoe of battery fame; but the only list of officers we found which seemed to be authentic, was, Capt. R. A. Col- lins; Sen. 1st Lieut., J. D. Connor; Jr. 1st Lt., D. M. Harris; Sen. 2d Lt., C. T. Smith; Jr. 2d Lt., J. E. Inglehart. Lieut. Connor is the present county recorder. He made all reasonable effort to procure a full list of the Lafayette county men in this command, but could not obtain it. Their pet bear's name was " Postlewait."
Charles Tyler, Sergt., enlisted in 1861; transferred from 1st Missouri artillery to this battery.
1ST MISSOURI LIGHT BATTERY-C. S. A.
The names of the following Lafayette men appear upon the muster roll of the " 1st Missouri Light Battery, C. S. A .: " Samuel T. Ruffner, Captain; John O. Lockhart, 1st Lieutenant; Benj. D. Weedin, 2d Lieut .; Jacob R. Hendrix, 5th Sergt .; Wm. C. Slusher, 5th Corporal; David Rolston, 7th Corporal; Henry C. Herr, 8th Corporal; Felix G. Young, Eugene M. Ewing, Jackson Bradley, John W. Burns, E. B. Crumpt, James Crumpt, Gabriel B. Crumpt, T. R. Crews, Benj. F. Campbell, James F. Earley, Charles B. Fleming, Henry Holkensmith, B. M. Lank- ford, F. E. McCormack, John F. McCormack, Hugh L. McElroy, Quin- tius Masterson, H. A. Morrison, Wm. K. Nichols,. Bennet E. Phillips, Archibald Pool, Wm. H. Roberts, Nathan Roberts, A. Clay Roberts, Wm. Roberts, Wm. Rankins, R. M. Ramsey, Horace E. Ragland, James Seawell, C. C. Slusher, A. B. Slusher, D. A. Slusher, James W. Small, Geo. H. Small, John T. Small, John W. Simmons, Francis M. West, Jos. S. Woods, Fredrick A. Young, Wm. C. Bradley, Farrier, and Wm. Able.
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This last man was killed by the enemy while on detached service with Col. Brook's cavalry. Except this, there are no other cases of either killing or wounding of a Lafayette county man in this battery.
PARTLY FROM LEXINGTON.
A portion of Company A., of Col. Bowman's regiment of Missouri State Guards was from Lafayette county. They served in Gen. Wight- man's brigade, Raines' Division, under Gen. Price, and were in the bat- tles of Carthage, Wilson's Creek, Lexington, Pea Ridge, and others. Lieut. Venable, of Lexington, has furnished us the following list of those from this county, and date of death of those now deceased as far as known: Capt. Joseph Moreland (died since the war), First Lieut. Yandell Black- well (died in Mexico), Second Lieut. George P. Venable, Third Lieut. Charles H. Anderson. The enlisted men are: John N. Edwards, Charles Jones, Ezekiel Newman, William B. Hamlett, William Shepard, William Barnes, Paul Baker, James Baker (died since the war), Jerry Bair, Rich- ard Janes, Bal. Crump, A. Persinger, Henry Clawson (died in California), John C. Campbell (died in St. Louis, 1866), A O. Persinger, Burris Car- roll, H. Rice, Ike Persinger, James Crump, Harvey Persinger, Hunter Ben Jenkins, Robert Hunter (died 1862), Col. John P. Bowman, died after the battle of Pea Ridge, and was buried at Van Buren, Arkansas; Gen. Weightman died of wounds received at the battle of Wilson's Creek. .
LIST OF CAPT. WITHERS' COMPANY, ENROLLED AS M. S. GUARDS, ABOUT APRIL 1, 1861.
James M. Withers, captain, served six months.
Charles S. Ewing, lieutenant, served three months.
Samuel Gibbs, second lieutenant, killed at Corinth.
A. O. Slaughter, third lieutenant, served six months.
A. P. Lankford, served two months.
Mat Creasey, killed at Corinth.
Edd Blewett, killed at Corinth.
Bob Bradley, killed at Vicksburg.
Thomas Procter, killed at Missionary Ridge.
Daniel P. Ingram, served the war.
William Smith, served three months. Edd Smith, served three months. Wesley Smith, served during the war. Sam Humphreys, last at Altona.
John Southerland, Sr., died at Vanburen.
Zach Southerland, served three years. Zenith Redd, killed in Missouri. Sam McMahan, killed in Missouri.
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John Varner, killed in Arkansas. Al Robberson, served six months. .
Hop Robberson, served three months. Joseph Allumbaug, killed at Mark's Mills. Thal. Osborn, killed in Missouri. A. O. Whitsith, served three months. Milton Whitsith, died at Marshfield. John Swirsh, died at Wild Haws, Arkansas. Joseph Bailey, served thirty days. George Powell, served three months. John Pumphrey, served three months. Frank Hays, served three months. Tom Garrott, wounded at Corinth, served the war. David Nance, wounded at Corinth, served the war. - Peter Burton, killed at Lamar, Mo. Lafayette Burton, served six months. Edd Fleming, served three months. Arthur Fleming, served three months. Thomas Mullins, served during war. Issac Mullins, served six months. David Storm, served during the war. Jonas Ragdale, died in Mississippi. Charles Smith, served six months. Tesley Smith, served six months. Joseph Emison, served nine months. Fan Harlow, served three months. Berthan Clarkson, served two years. W. N. Thorp, served during the war. John Perry, served during the war. Pat Marshall, wounded at Vicksburg. Weed Marshall, wounded at Vicksburg. Philip Slaughton, served during the war. Edd Boring, died at Tupalo. Isaac Bledsoe, killed at Lone Jack. Joseph Fickle, served in Missouri. Tom Cochran, served during the war. Alvin Whitsith, served three months, went to the enemy. Arch Letton, served three months. Leander Maxwell, served three months. George Wilcochs, served during the war. Larence Wilcochs, served during the war. Thomas Wilcochs, served during the war. Dick Hainline, served three months.
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James Starkes, served during the war.
Ben Adams, served two years. ,
Thomas Gibbs, served during the war.
John Holman, served two years.
James Robbert, served during the war.
James Sanford, served six months.
Roland Hughes, served during the war.
Phelix Graves, served during the war.
Thomas Tibbs, served three weeks, and then went to the enemy.
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS' RECORD.
The great majority of these personal records of soldier life were made one at a time, from all parts of the county, through a period of four months; and it has been impossible to arrange them in systematic order by regiments and companies. We print each record just as it was fur- nished by the man himself or some friend for him. There were so many of "Shelby's Men" that we have kept them in a body together as well as we could; also Col. Gordon's cavalry; the rest had to be thrown together haphazard, in order as received.
SHELBY'S MEN.
f. W. Bledsoe, Shelby's command, enlisted in 1863. Engaged in the battles of Mark's Mills, Camden, Little Rock, Westport, Newtonia, Ft. Scott, etc., of Price's last raid. Discharged 1865.
B. Corder, Shelby's command, enlisted August, 1862, as sergeant. engaged in the battle of Coon's Creek, and in all the battles of the com- mand to the end of the war. Discharged in 1865.
Bush Hinson, private, Shelby's command; enlisted in 1862. In battles of Carthage and Wilson's Creek, and was killed, August, 1862, near Cal- houn, in Henry county, Missouri, by federal soldiers stationed there.
E. B. Starke, private; enlisted in Shelby's command, 1864, and engaged in all the battles of Price's raid-Lexington, Westport, etc. Discharged in June, 1865.
W. T. Starke, private, Shelby's command; enlisted in 1862. At Lex- ington, Pea Ridge, Wilson's Creek, Newtonia, and all the battles of the command.
C. H. P. Catron, corporal, afterward lieutenant, Shelby's command; enlisted June. 1862. In the battles of Carthage, Wilson's Creek, Lexing- ton, Coon Creek, Springfield, Hartville, Cape Girardeau, Little Rock, etc., and in all the battles of Price's final raid. Discharged in 1865.
C. W. Core, corporal, Shelby's command; enlisted in August, 1862. In the battles of Coon Creek, Newtonia, Prairie Grove, etc. He was lost between Van Buren and Clarksville, Arkansas-supposed to have died of yellow fever.
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Thomas McCormack, private in Shelby's command; enlisted in 1861. In battles of Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, Cape Girardeau, Lexington, etc. Wounded at Cape Girardeau. Discharged in 1863.
B. F. Wood, second lieutenant, Shelby's command; enlisted in 1862. In battles of Rock Creek, Lexington, Springfield, Hartsville, Cape Girar- deau, Helena, Little Rock, Marshall, etc. Discharged in 1864.
Geo. A. Campbell, private, Shelby's command; enlisted in August, 1862. Was in the battles of Columbus, Prairie Grove, Gaines' Landing, Osage, Mine Creek, and Newtonia, where he was wounded and captured, 1864; and discharged at close of the war.
Sterling Powers, private, Shelby's command; enlisted in the fall of 1862. Battles: Ft. Scott, Newtonia, and all the battles of the Last Raid. Dis- charged in 1865.
James P. Proctor, private, Shelby's command; enlisted in 1862. Battles: Newtonia, Oak Grove, Cape Girardeau, etc. Was taken prisoner while sick, near Lexington, and confined sixteen months. Paid $100 to Gov. King for his release, as did others.
John F. Eagan, private, Shelby's command; enlisted in 1862. Was in the battles of Lone Jack, Cane Hill, Little Rock, Prairie Grove, Cape Girardeau, Helena, Marshall, etc. Captured near Chapel Hill, but escaped.
T. f. Wilkinson, captain, Shelby's command. In all of Shelby's bat- tles. Taken prisoner Monte Vall, but escaped soon after.
Foe Hann, private, Shelby's command; enlisted in 1861. In the battles of Lone Jack, Newtonia, Springfield, and all the battles of the command. Discharged in 1865.
Alex. Wilkinson, commissary sergeant, Shelby's command; enlisted in August, 1862. In all the battles of the command, except Helena and Cape Girardeau. Discharged in 1865.
William T. Tracy, private; enlisted in 1862, in Gordon's regiment, com- pany G. Was in nearly all of Shelby's battles and fights, and once bruised by a spent ball, in Arkansas. Was captured at home, in the night, and shot early the next morning, by the soldiers, five steps off; but the heavy padding of his coat saved his life-was only wounded. Surren- deréd in 1865.
John Tyler, fr., private; enlised in 1862, in Trent's company, Elliott's regiment. Taken prisoner at home, in the fall of 1862; kept eight weeks, and returned home.
H. T. Anderson, private; enlisted in 1861, in Capt. Collin's battery, under Shelby. Battles: Pea Ridge, Helena, Cape Girardeau, Prairie Grove, Newtonia, Newport, etc. Surrendered in 1865.
David Alumbarg, private; enlisted in 1864, in company G, Gordon's regiment. In ten battles, and surrendered in 1865.
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Edward W. Lewis, private, enlisted 1861. Took part in all the ope- rations of Shelby's brigade in Missouri and Arkansas.
William H. Lewis, private, enlisted 1861. Was in most of Price's battles and those during Shelby's raid in 1863, and Prices raid in 1864, until his capture. He was taken prisoner at the house of Mr. Alferd Lewis, his father, in the fall of 1864, and died in December, 1864, from the measles.
Thomas. Porter, enlisted in August, 1862, in Shelby's regiment, Elli- ott's company. Company E, Thorp's. Was discharged June 2, 1865. Was engaged in battles at Little Blue and West Port. Returned to this county after his discharge.
Francis M. Ramey, private, Co. C, enlisted 1861, under Capt. Geo. P. Gordon. Fought at Carthage, Lexincton, Wilson's Creek, and Pea Ridge. He died during the battle at Pea Ridge from typhoid fever.
John S. Percival, first lieutenant Co. C., Shelby's regiment; Capt. Geo. P. Gordon; enlisted Aug. 1862. Fought at Coon Creek, Newtonia, under Gen. Cooper; Prairie Grove, Springfield, Hartsville, Cape Girardeau, Helena, and Bayou Metre. He was killed at the battle of Bayou Metre, by the exploding of a shell, while commanding a company.
Wm. Rome, private, enlisted 1861, in Capt. Joseph Barnett's com- pany, under Col. Vard Cockdel. Engaged in the battles of Lexington, Independence, Blue, West Port, and Newtonia; was with Gen. Price and Shelby through the war; surrendered personally at Houston, Texas, 1865.
Hon. James W. Harrison, first lieutenant, enlisted 1864, in Co. C, Hunter's regiment; also served in Gen. Jackson's regiment. Engaged in the battles of Independence, Blue, West Port, Drywood and Newtonia; surrendered at Shreveport, being in charge of the regiment.
John E. Corder, first lieutenant, enlisted in Co. C, Gordon's regi- ment, August 2, 1862, aad participated in the battles of Newtonia, Prairie Grove, Helena, Prairie de Ann, Little Rock, West Port, Marshall, Jenk- in's Ferry, and Shelby's raids.
James O. Hogan, private, enlisted 1861 in Shelby's regiment. Dis- charged 1864; was in the battles from Lexington down.
Maurice G. Jacobs, private, enlisted August 15, 1862, in Shelby's command, and discharged June 2, 1865. Was quarter-master in Col. D. A. Williams' regiment, Shelby's division, Jackman's brigade.
Dr. f. B. Wood, surgeon, enlisted 1861, as surgeon of Shelby's reg- iment. Engaged in the battles of Lexington, Newtonia, Prairie Grove, Springfield, Huntsville, Helena, Little Rock, Jenkins Ferry, and all the raids in Missouri. Was slightly wounded by a shell at Hollowood and taken prisoner; was discharged at Shreveport, June, 1865.
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