Showing posts with label loose trains and bolts in the gut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label loose trains and bolts in the gut. Show all posts
28 January 2015

Loose Trains and Bolts in the Gut Part VII

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The Compiled Service for Henry C. Markham of the 37th Iowa did not make any mention of the train incident referred to in the Civil War Pensi...
25 January 2015

Loose Trains and Bolts in the Gut Part VI

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In an attempt to get a little more information on Henry Markham of the Iowa Graybeard Regiment, I decided to search the "Index to Compi...

Loose Trains and Bolts in the Gut Part V

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The testimony of William Kile and his comrades painted a fairly consistent picture of the accident at the train warehouse in Memphis that in...
19 January 2015

Loose Trains and Bolts in the Gut Part IV

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As expected, the testimony of Lieutenant Henry Markham differs slightly from that of William Kile as his peers. Markham made out a statement...
18 January 2015

Loose Trains and Bolts in the Gut Part III

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Our continuing series of "Loose Trains and Bolts to the Gut" continues with part of a deposition from William Kile himself. Kile a...
16 January 2015

Loose Trains and Bolts in the Gut Part II

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We continue our exploration of the abdominal injury to William Kile at a depot in Memphis, Tennessee, with a letter written by an eyewitnes...
14 January 2015

Loose Trains and Bolts in the Gut Part I

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Civil War pension applications can contain a wide variety of information about the soldier and his family. The pension application of Willia...