Wednesday, February 16, 2011

From a letter received in town, by Mr. C. Limburg . . .

. . . we learn of the following casualties amongst members of the Curtis Horse at the engagement near Paris, Tennessee, on the 5th.

Major Schaffer, of Dubuque, killed.
Private Frey, of Dubuque, killed.
Private Ferdinand Fahr, of Keokuk, wounded in the head slightly.
Private Viox, of Lee County, wounded in arm slightly.
Private Helle, of Burlington, wounded in arm badly.
Private Frank Bothe, of Fort Madison, two balls in shoulder.
Private Hamon, of Cedar Falls, wounded in the hip.

PRISONERS. – Charley Limle, B. Ward, Joseph Sehr, and Scheland.

The above prisoners have all been recaptured by Union troops and about 200 rebels in the bargain. – {Keokuk Constitution.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington Iowa, Saturday, May 24, 1862, p. 3

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