Wars | Civil War | Desertions
Abstracts: 6
Abstracts
2451
Cleveland Morning Leader, 28 March 1864
(9 inches)
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2451 - L Mar. 28:4/3 - A German living on Detroit st. joined the army, then
deserted. The captain of his company took a squad of soldiers and went
to his house, but found nothing. When they were about to leave, the cap-
tain thought he heard a noise in a bed and ordered the bed riddled with
bayonets. A butcher crawled out from under the mattress and fled from the
house. The German has not yet been found. (9)
Index terms:
*Desertions, Military (Civil War); Detroit st.; U. S. army
2452
Cleveland Morning Leader, 31 March 1864
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2452 - L. Mar. 31:4/2 - Jack Adams was arrested yesterday and locked up on
the charge of encouraging a soldier to desert. He will be brought before
Commissioner White. (1)
Index terms:
White, U. S. Commissioner
2453
Cleveland Morning Leader, 30 April 1864
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2453 - L Apr. 30:4/4 - Robert Martin, who is charged with being a bounty
jumper, leaped out of the water closet window in an effort to escape while
on a train enroute to Columbus. Lieutenant Reeves of the 19th Ohio bat-
tery scarched Martin's home and caught him. (3)
Index terms:
Columbus, O.; Martin, Robert; Reeves, Lieutenant (24th Ohio infantry); U. S. army
2454
Cleveland Morning Leader, 13 May 1864
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2454 - L. May 13:4/2 - Michael Kelly of the 32nd New York regiment was ar-
rested by Policemen Furnal and Marshall on the charge of desertion. (1)
Index terms:
Furnal (policeman); Kelly, Michael; Marshall (policeman); U. S. army
2455
Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 June 1864
(2 inches)
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2455 - L June 15:4/2 - A deputy provcst marshal came here in search of
three deserters. The three boarded a train at the Bristol station. The
marshal, unable to capture them, fired at them, hitting one, who is not
expected to live. (2)
Index terms:
Bristol station (R. R. depot)
2456
Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 November 1864
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2456 - H Nov. 25:3/2 - The provost marshal's force yesterday arrested Hen-
ry Thomas, charged with desertion from a Minnesota regiment. He has been
in Cleveland for a year or two. (1)
Index terms:
Thomas, Henry