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Re: Boone County Skirmish - 022765

George, Bruce - thanks for the information, I am not very familar with what happened late in the war.

George, in regard to:

* MACON, February 27, 1865.
* Lieutenant HAYMAN,
* Sturgeon:
* You have done nobly. Have the wounded men sent up to-morrow on the train......

This explains my puzzle. The soldier's record stated he died at the field hospital at Stugeon, but I came across burial records that he was actually interred at Macon. (and after the war, relocated to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery). I guess the folks making out the records saw that he was in the hospital at Sturgeon and died a few days later and assumed he died there.

Craig

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