A Serious Mistake

Buffalo, Jan. 30. – Last evening, at the Central Depot, as some substitutes were about leaving for the West, under charge of soldiers belonging to the New Hampshire Invalid Corps, a boy belonging in Buffalo was shot and almost instantly killed by one of the corps, under the impression that he was a substitute trying to escape. There was great excitement for a time and great indignation against the Soldier.

– Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, February 6, 1864