Sergeant John Mackley, of Co. A, 2nd Iowa . . .

. . . arrived home on the Jeannie Deans last eveing. John was severely wounding in the right arm at the battle of Shiloh. He is getting along finely and says he “will soon be able to try ‘em again.” – {Gate

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 26, 1862, p. 2