Monday, May 3, 2010

The St. Louis Democrat says . . .

. . . that the reason for placing Buckner in close confinement at Fort Warren is stated to be that, after declaring upon his honor that he bore no concealed weapons, a loaded revolver was found upon him.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Monday Morning, April 14, 1862, p. 2

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