OldSarge79
Sergeant
- Joined
- Jul 12, 2017
- Location
- Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
I have been blessed to have three newspaper articles concerning the capture on August 15, 1861, of my ancestor, Sgt. Frank A. Gayden, Bolivar Troop, 1st Mississippi Battalion of Cavalry. He was captured, along with a Lt. Gooden (or possibley Goodin), and a Private D.S. or D.D. Harris, both Missouri men under General Jeff Thompson, Missouri State Guard.
Their captor is identified as a Sgt. W. C. Carson, on General Prentiss' staff, one article says he was an orderly, maybe from Illinois. The 1st Illinois Cavalry was under Prentiss at the time, but I can't find Carson there.
I may have found Gooden in the Slave Schedules, and there is a Lt. John Gooden listed in the Missouri State Guard prior to the war.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find Carson, Gooden or Harris in any CW military records, and would greatly appreciate ANY assistance in doing so. I consider myself pretty good at this kind of research, but am hoping one of you may have the key.
Thanks.
Their captor is identified as a Sgt. W. C. Carson, on General Prentiss' staff, one article says he was an orderly, maybe from Illinois. The 1st Illinois Cavalry was under Prentiss at the time, but I can't find Carson there.
I may have found Gooden in the Slave Schedules, and there is a Lt. John Gooden listed in the Missouri State Guard prior to the war.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find Carson, Gooden or Harris in any CW military records, and would greatly appreciate ANY assistance in doing so. I consider myself pretty good at this kind of research, but am hoping one of you may have the key.
Thanks.