Private Henry Cowden;
60th United States Colored Troops
He enlisted in Boone Co., Missouri in December, 1863 when he was about 16 years old. He had been a slave of Judge David Todd of Columbia, Mo. He was wounded in the foot by a bayonet, accidentally dropped by another soldier, at Benton Barracks, Arkansas. After that he walked with a limp for the rest of his life, according to the Pension Investigator's records. He died from complications from his wound Dec. 31, 1895.
60th United States Colored Troops
He enlisted in Boone Co., Missouri in December, 1863 when he was about 16 years old. He had been a slave of Judge David Todd of Columbia, Mo. He was wounded in the foot by a bayonet, accidentally dropped by another soldier, at Benton Barracks, Arkansas. After that he walked with a limp for the rest of his life, according to the Pension Investigator's records. He died from complications from his wound Dec. 31, 1895.
Private Henry Cowden;
60th United States Colored Troops
He enlisted in Boone Co., Missouri in December, 1863 when he was about 16 years old. He had been a slave of Judge David Todd of Columbia, Mo. He was wounded in the foot by a bayonet, accidentally dropped by another soldier, at Benton Barracks, Arkansas. After that he walked with a limp for the rest of his life, according to the Pension Investigator's records. He died from complications from his wound Dec. 31, 1895.
60th United States Colored Troops
He enlisted in Boone Co., Missouri in December, 1863 when he was about 16 years old. He had been a slave of Judge David Todd of Columbia, Mo. He was wounded in the foot by a bayonet, accidentally dropped by another soldier, at Benton Barracks, Arkansas. After that he walked with a limp for the rest of his life, according to the Pension Investigator's records. He died from complications from his wound Dec. 31, 1895.
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