28 Feb 1863
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Newspaper
Evansville Weekly Gazette
Location
Evansville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1863
Page
1
Union forces crush a Confederate defense in a narrow Antietam pass. Heavy batteries and cavalry drive the retreating South, capturing guns, and a ghostly moment halts firing before nightfall. The scene ends with quiet as the victors hold the field and a haunted gun is later seen at Harper’s Ferry.
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At a February 5 1863 meeting of the 1st Indiana Cavalry officers Lieut Col William F Wood chaired the session with J Bingham as secretary. They unanimously adopted memorial resolutions praising Capt Well H Walker for bravery integrity and patriotism and offering sympathy to his mother. A copy will be sent to her and published in the Evansville newspaper.
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