Thanks to your knowledge of the subject, the light at the end of my tunnel is becoming much brighter in understanding former president and friend, vice-president of newly opened St Johns' College (Oct 1859), Lt Col THOMPSON (1st Ark Inf) and Major BRONAUGH's (2nd Ark Batt Inf), actions resulting in their 1862 deaths from battle wounds. St Johns' also contributed some students to the famous "Capital Guards" (Co A, 6th Ark Inf) and provided for a major military hospital.