Comments on: Captain Barney’s War http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/2008/01/30/captain-barneys-war/ Myths and Mysteries, Hysterical Histories, and Tree-Kickin' Genealogy Tue, 14 May 2013 16:12:20 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: swesson http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/2008/01/30/captain-barneys-war/comment-page-1/#comment-671 swesson Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:20:24 +0000 http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/?p=53#comment-671 Margie,

That wouldn’t suprise us at all!

You have to wonder how many sources of much-needed protein were ‘accidentally’ fired upon during the war. . .

Sarah

]]> By: Margie B http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/2008/01/30/captain-barneys-war/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Margie B Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:56:57 +0000 http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/?p=53#comment-670 I was reading a letter dated October 19, 1862, where E. Mercer, (camped at Pea Ridge, AR) tells of “last night our pickets fired at a cow, supposing it to be a rebel spy. Orders just came in from head quarters to cook up rations for one day and to have it in our haversacks & be in readiness.” Think it was the same cow?!! (E. Mercer was in the E Co., 20th Iowa Vols.)

]]> By: sjw http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/2008/01/30/captain-barneys-war/comment-page-1/#comment-53 sjw Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:41:55 +0000 http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/?p=53#comment-53 Ms. Logan,

Thank you for commenting!

You are more than welcome to come in and read Captain Barney’s memoirs! He was a man of great intelligence and humor.

We only wish that we had an image of him–the book doesn’t include one. If you have any family photos of the Captain that you could share with us, we would love to post them on our blog.

sjw

]]> By: Jacqui Logan http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/2008/01/30/captain-barneys-war/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Jacqui Logan Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:43:00 +0000 http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/?p=53#comment-52 Some day I hope to travel to your library to read this book, (written by my great great great grandfather). Thank you for posting this on the web.
–Jacqui Logan

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