Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1861, OCT. 317 PUBLIC EXCIlEl IENl. 3. Biddle Clark (()apt.), killed at llakei-s Creek. -1. John (1olmrger. wounded and captured and died at Port Grihson. 5. Vill H. Clay, wounded at Port Gibson. and killed at Vicksburg. 6. Oscar Uoopel. killed at i-ksburg. 7. lhoma.s Cooper. wounded and (-aptured at Vicksburg. R. Turner Jeter. killed at ickslmrg. 1). Wm. Gladden, wounded and captured at Corinth; died. 10. Dr. Jas. A. Herndon. wounded and captured at Franklin. 11. (i-orp. Will Harrington. son of Miles. killed at Port Gibson. 123. Bennett l{(ll1(l0ll. wounded at ti-o~1-intli and killed at New Hope. Georgia. 13. Henry Herndon, died in the war. 14. B. F. Murdock. wounded at Latimer Farm. and at Fra11k- lin; captured at (amp Morton. and imprisoned to the end. 15. James Harsh. captured at Vicksburg and died in prison. 16. Mat. J. Bloore. wounded three timesat Vicksburg. at Altoona. and Port Gibson; and brevetted for gallantry. 17. Searg. Frank H. Owen. wounded at Kenes-aw Mountain. brevetted for ga.l1antrv at Vicksburg, and killed at Franklin. 18. Geo. Offutt. wounded at Port, Gibson. captured at Vicks- burg. and imprisoned to the end. 19. John Oldham. son of Lon. wounded at Corinth; captured at Port Gibson. 20. Leonidas Oldham. died in hospital at Port Gibson. 21. John B. Slone. wounded at (iorinth. captured at Vicks- burg. and imprisoned to the end. Oct. :3.3Battle of the lilue. N()VElVIBER. Nov. 11-a1-ties are growing rabid. M. L. Young. Elias Barbee and ()Tl1~(l Southern men seize Judge Birch and S. A. Gil- bert and other Tlnion men. and post them off under guard. to Gen. Pi-ices armV. They are sent back unharmed. Federal soldiers are stationed at Weston and Platte City. The toll-gate books show that this month 460 cavalry soldiers passed between \estou and Platte City. A. C. Miller was quartermaster of the 4th Division. with headquarters at Weston. The State and count) o-ic-ers. grenerally. refuse to take the oath. and new ones are appointed. Nor. 11(}en. Halleck succeds Gen. Fremont. in command at St. Louis. Gov. J{l(l{S0llS Legisla.ture. in session in southwestern Mis- souri. passes an ordinance of Secession. Nor. l.?The Department of Kansas is created. and Gen.