The telegraph yesterday morning announced the death of Captain Slaymaker, of the Seventh Iowa. As there is no such name, or any resembling it, on the roll of that regiment, among either officers or privates. We are forced to the melancholy conclusion that the beloved and popular Captain Slaymaker, of our city, is fallen. This news has spread sadness through this entire community, for all who knew captain Slaymaker, he was sincerely respected and beloved. We will give to-morrow a more extended notice of the deceased.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 20, 1862, p. 1
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