Mr. W. H. Clifton,
of this city, has been appointed general Recruiting Officer at this place.
Those wishing to enlist in the new Regiment, rendez[v]ousing at Clinton, or in
any other Iowa Regiment, will report to him.
SOURCE: “Recruiting
at Ottumwa,” The Weekly Ottumwa Courier,
Ottumwa, Iowa, Saturday, July 12, 1862, p. 3, col. 2
Miss Nancy Ann Wallace, daughter of Woodson Wallace, one of our old subscribers, we regret to learn, was accidentally shot with a pistol, on Saturday night. Several of her brothers were examining a pistol, which one of the boys had bought, when in some way not clearly explained, the pistol went off and lodged the ball in the forehead of the girl, over the right eye, the ball penetrating several inches, but strange to say, without immediate fatal results. The ball still remains in the head but with what result is not known. If inflammation can be avoided it is said, she may recover. – Ottumwa Currier, 10th.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, April 16, 1862, p. 2
