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May 9 1804 Cavalry Clash Near Wallers Tavern
In the May 9 skirmish near Wallers Tavern on the Fredericksburg road, Lt Henkel led a dash with the Goochland and Madison cavalry against the Sixth Ohio. He fell amid a brutal hand to hand fight, as the Confederate squadron fought through a sunken road and into a deadly melee. The narrator recounts wounds, captures, and the death of Henkel while escaping through a hostile line, with subsequent notes of comrades and a regimental return to camp.
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Grant
Army of the
William ©. Wickham
G Goochland
Madison Cavalry
Goochland
Tieutenant Henkel
Ilo
Fredericksburg
Spottsylvania Court House
Wallers’ Tavern
Sixth Ohio Cavalry Regiment
Ohio Cavalry
Richmond
Wickham
Henkel
Lieut
Iwan
Glence
Ace
Aecarbine
Wax
George Blankenbecker
Jong Shirge
Blanken
Brack
J. N. Roberts
Ohio
Nance
Charles City
Wn B. Conway, Corp. Co. C
Va. Cav
Athena