Funeral Of A Soldier

The body of Mr. August Sharp, of Co. E, 2d cavalry, who died at St. Louis Last Monday, will be interred in Oakdale cemetery this (Sunday) afternoon. The funeral will take place from the residence of Mr. J. G. Spraker, on Jersey Ridge. A detachment of soldiers from Camp McClellan will from the escort.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Monday Morning, February 10, 1862, p. 1