My GGGrandfather. Civil War soldier. I was surprised to find many of his family listed here in the cemetery but not him. My copy of his death certificate says he is buried here.
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This is a story handed down from Marion Francis' son Francis Marion Gudgel to my father, Marvin Keith Moberly. I have been unable to document any of this, so take it for what it is worth. Marion was captured during the civil war and imprisoned in an enclosed area with no roof. One night while they were sitting around their campfire, a bomb dropped in their midst. One of the men grabbed it and tossed it over the wall where it exploded and blew a hole in the wall of their prison. They escaped and made their way back to Union lines. Marion says he walked all the way to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, where he was examined by the Surgeon. The surgeon told him to go home but that in his condition he wouldn't live long enough to get there. Marion walked all the way home from Missouri and says that when he got home it was late in the evening and he stood outside the house watching his wife working in the kitchen. He was savoring the sites and sounds of his family and it brought tears to his eyes.
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Enlisted as Corporal, 2 August 1862, and given a disability discharge 15 April 1863. 91st Infantry Regiment Illinois, Company B. Served at the same time with his Brother-in-law Samuel Valentine. Captured 27 December 1862, during a battle with Confederate General John Morgan at Elizabethtown, Kentucky. They were paroled and exchanged in April 1863. So is the story true? Who knows but it does make for interesting reading.
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This is a story handed down from Marion Francis' son Francis Marion Gudgel to my father, Marvin Keith Moberly. I have been unable to document any of this, so take it for what it is worth. Marion was captured during the civil war and imprisoned in an enclosed area with no roof. One night while they were sitting around their campfire, a bomb dropped in their midst. One of the men grabbed it and tossed it over the wall where it exploded and blew a hole in the wall of their prison. They escaped and made their way back to Union lines. Marion says he walked all the way to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, where he was examined by the Surgeon. The surgeon told him to go home but that in his condition he wouldn't live long enough to get there. Marion walked all the way home from Missouri and says that when he got home it was late in the evening and he stood outside the house watching his wife working in the kitchen. He was savoring the sites and sounds of his family and it brought tears to his eyes.
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Enlisted as Corporal, 2 August 1862, and given a disability discharge 15 April 1863. 91st Infantry Regiment Illinois, Company B. Served at the same time with his Brother-in-law Samuel Valentine. Captured 27 December 1862, during a battle with Confederate General John Morgan at Elizabethtown, Kentucky. They were paroled and exchanged in April 1863. So is the story true? Who knows but it does make for interesting reading.
My GGGrandfather. Civil War soldier. I was surprised to find many of his family listed here in the cemetery but not him. My copy of his death certificate says he is buried here.
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This is a story handed down from Marion Francis' son Francis Marion Gudgel to my father, Marvin Keith Moberly. I have been unable to document any of this, so take it for what it is worth. Marion was captured during the civil war and imprisoned in an enclosed area with no roof. One night while they were sitting around their campfire, a bomb dropped in their midst. One of the men grabbed it and tossed it over the wall where it exploded and blew a hole in the wall of their prison. They escaped and made their way back to Union lines. Marion says he walked all the way to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, where he was examined by the Surgeon. The surgeon told him to go home but that in his condition he wouldn't live long enough to get there. Marion walked all the way home from Missouri and says that when he got home it was late in the evening and he stood outside the house watching his wife working in the kitchen. He was savoring the sites and sounds of his family and it brought tears to his eyes.
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Enlisted as Corporal, 2 August 1862, and given a disability discharge 15 April 1863. 91st Infantry Regiment Illinois, Company B. Served at the same time with his Brother-in-law Samuel Valentine. Captured 27 December 1862, during a battle with Confederate General John Morgan at Elizabethtown, Kentucky. They were paroled and exchanged in April 1863. So is the story true? Who knows but it does make for interesting reading.
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This is a story handed down from Marion Francis' son Francis Marion Gudgel to my father, Marvin Keith Moberly. I have been unable to document any of this, so take it for what it is worth. Marion was captured during the civil war and imprisoned in an enclosed area with no roof. One night while they were sitting around their campfire, a bomb dropped in their midst. One of the men grabbed it and tossed it over the wall where it exploded and blew a hole in the wall of their prison. They escaped and made their way back to Union lines. Marion says he walked all the way to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, where he was examined by the Surgeon. The surgeon told him to go home but that in his condition he wouldn't live long enough to get there. Marion walked all the way home from Missouri and says that when he got home it was late in the evening and he stood outside the house watching his wife working in the kitchen. He was savoring the sites and sounds of his family and it brought tears to his eyes.
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Enlisted as Corporal, 2 August 1862, and given a disability discharge 15 April 1863. 91st Infantry Regiment Illinois, Company B. Served at the same time with his Brother-in-law Samuel Valentine. Captured 27 December 1862, during a battle with Confederate General John Morgan at Elizabethtown, Kentucky. They were paroled and exchanged in April 1863. So is the story true? Who knows but it does make for interesting reading.
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