BATESVILLE, Ark., May 10. – A flat boat capsized last night in 12 feet of whater, while crossing White River, having on board two officers and some twenty men belonging to the 3d Illinois cavalry, a loaded wagon, one six mule team and several horses.
Capt. McClelland and five of his men were carried down with the wagon ad drowned: – Captain Thos. G. McClelland, Company H, of Fulton county, Ill., Sergeant Jas. W. White, of Company D, John Bennington, Company K; Wm. P. Heard, Company A; Wm. Westbrook, Company E; Wm. F. Shoemate, Company E.
The river is being raked for the bodies.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 17, 1862, p. 3
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