On our second page, in ‘Diff’s’ excellent letter, will be
found the list of the killed and missing in the Second Cavalry, in the lat
action of the 9th, the anniversary of the battle of Resaca de la Palma. Of the killed, Sergt. F. L. Ayer, whose head
was nearly shot away, was from Muscatine; Lt. B. Owens from Iowa City; and J.
D. Burgh, of Co. B, from Rock Island. Of
the wounded, Corp. Aldrich and Private Dunderdale, of Co. B. are from this
city, while Jas. B. Armstrong of Co. C, belonged to Princeton. The other names in the Cos. C. and E. probably
belong to this county, but their names do not appear in the Adjutant Generals
report, and we are unable to locate them with certainty.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport,
Iowa, Saturday Morning, May 17, 1862, p. 1
