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blleaiy Loss In BattleI am told that two houses twere located between the old vbrick house of John Flint’s and j j. the alley north, but it was be- j v fore my time. All I rememberif: one house next to the alley.Charles Grimes of Libertyville was the man living in this house in the early 90*s, afterwards Henry Harbin and George Syl- cv ester. I knew Sylvester best.He was a Civil War veteran and was in a good many battles The skirmish he often spoke of v/as Prairie Grove. Ark, It was in this battle that his brother was killed. He saw his brother alter the battle. He said it wascterrible sight to behold. Hlt; paid a man to engrave his brother’s name on a stone to bettvt(placed at the grave.More men from Abingdon werekilled at the battle of Prairie jGrove than in any battle of theCivil War. I do not know of a school history that tells of thismlsnbattle, it being fought on December 7, 1862, in a corn field nothing but corn stalks between the opposing armies.Mr. Sylvester had come up through those trying and troublesome days of War. His life bore the indelible stamp that characterizes one of those days.He died almost fitty years from the day his brother Zaeh- j ary was killed at Prairie Grove.On the tombstone there is anerror of the date of his death. I think it was near December 7.John II. Flint
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Fairfield Daily Ledger
Fairfield, Iowa, US
Tue, Apr 04, 1933
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