Boone County Democrat Boone Iowa September 10, 1914
At the battle of Black River Bridge on the 17th of May, 1863, the 23rd Iowa Infantry suffered terribly, their loss being two officers and 11 men killed, the officers being Col. Kinsman and Capt. McCray, and four officers and 85 men wounded. Among the wounded was Richard (Dick) Jones a member of the Co. A. of Boone. As he fell a boy named Calvin Bradshaw of Co. I fell by his side. Comrade Jones asked him where he was hit and he replied that he was shot in the thigh. He raised himself on one elbow and Comrade Jones told him he had better lie down, and as he spoke a Minnie ball struck him in the side inflicting what Comrade Jones thought was a mortal wound. They were picked up after the battle and fifty one years have passed since they lay on the field at Black River Bridge. At Ames last week Comrade Jones was greeted by a stranger who insisted that he knew him. He denied the allegation until the stranger said, “I’m the man who fell at your side at Black river Bridge,” and repeated the conversation they had when lying there. Comrade Bradshaw had been taken to another hospital, had recovered from his wounds and was transferred to the invalid corps where he finished his term of enlistment. He is now a prosperous merchant in Nebraska town. Fifty one years ago these men were eighteen year old boys. Today they are old and gray but just as full of vim and patriotism as they were then, and you may take it from us that their meeting was an enjoyable one---Independent.
Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent
Tuesday, 3 December 1918
Soldiers' Home Notes
Calvin Bradshaw, late of Company 1, 23rd Iowa infantry, died at the west hospital on the evening of November 30th. The remains were shipped to Farmen (sic), Davidson (sic) county, for interment.
At the battle of Black River Bridge on the 17th of May, 1863, the 23rd Iowa Infantry suffered terribly, their loss being two officers and 11 men killed, the officers being Col. Kinsman and Capt. McCray, and four officers and 85 men wounded. Among the wounded was Richard (Dick) Jones a member of the Co. A. of Boone. As he fell a boy named Calvin Bradshaw of Co. I fell by his side. Comrade Jones asked him where he was hit and he replied that he was shot in the thigh. He raised himself on one elbow and Comrade Jones told him he had better lie down, and as he spoke a Minnie ball struck him in the side inflicting what Comrade Jones thought was a mortal wound. They were picked up after the battle and fifty one years have passed since they lay on the field at Black River Bridge. At Ames last week Comrade Jones was greeted by a stranger who insisted that he knew him. He denied the allegation until the stranger said, “I’m the man who fell at your side at Black river Bridge,” and repeated the conversation they had when lying there. Comrade Bradshaw had been taken to another hospital, had recovered from his wounds and was transferred to the invalid corps where he finished his term of enlistment. He is now a prosperous merchant in Nebraska town. Fifty one years ago these men were eighteen year old boys. Today they are old and gray but just as full of vim and patriotism as they were then, and you may take it from us that their meeting was an enjoyable one---Independent.
Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent
Tuesday, 3 December 1918
Soldiers' Home Notes
Calvin Bradshaw, late of Company 1, 23rd Iowa infantry, died at the west hospital on the evening of November 30th. The remains were shipped to Farmen (sic), Davidson (sic) county, for interment.
Boone County Democrat Boone Iowa September 10, 1914
At the battle of Black River Bridge on the 17th of May, 1863, the 23rd Iowa Infantry suffered terribly, their loss being two officers and 11 men killed, the officers being Col. Kinsman and Capt. McCray, and four officers and 85 men wounded. Among the wounded was Richard (Dick) Jones a member of the Co. A. of Boone. As he fell a boy named Calvin Bradshaw of Co. I fell by his side. Comrade Jones asked him where he was hit and he replied that he was shot in the thigh. He raised himself on one elbow and Comrade Jones told him he had better lie down, and as he spoke a Minnie ball struck him in the side inflicting what Comrade Jones thought was a mortal wound. They were picked up after the battle and fifty one years have passed since they lay on the field at Black River Bridge. At Ames last week Comrade Jones was greeted by a stranger who insisted that he knew him. He denied the allegation until the stranger said, “I’m the man who fell at your side at Black river Bridge,” and repeated the conversation they had when lying there. Comrade Bradshaw had been taken to another hospital, had recovered from his wounds and was transferred to the invalid corps where he finished his term of enlistment. He is now a prosperous merchant in Nebraska town. Fifty one years ago these men were eighteen year old boys. Today they are old and gray but just as full of vim and patriotism as they were then, and you may take it from us that their meeting was an enjoyable one---Independent.
Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent
Tuesday, 3 December 1918
Soldiers' Home Notes
Calvin Bradshaw, late of Company 1, 23rd Iowa infantry, died at the west hospital on the evening of November 30th. The remains were shipped to Farmen (sic), Davidson (sic) county, for interment.
At the battle of Black River Bridge on the 17th of May, 1863, the 23rd Iowa Infantry suffered terribly, their loss being two officers and 11 men killed, the officers being Col. Kinsman and Capt. McCray, and four officers and 85 men wounded. Among the wounded was Richard (Dick) Jones a member of the Co. A. of Boone. As he fell a boy named Calvin Bradshaw of Co. I fell by his side. Comrade Jones asked him where he was hit and he replied that he was shot in the thigh. He raised himself on one elbow and Comrade Jones told him he had better lie down, and as he spoke a Minnie ball struck him in the side inflicting what Comrade Jones thought was a mortal wound. They were picked up after the battle and fifty one years have passed since they lay on the field at Black River Bridge. At Ames last week Comrade Jones was greeted by a stranger who insisted that he knew him. He denied the allegation until the stranger said, “I’m the man who fell at your side at Black river Bridge,” and repeated the conversation they had when lying there. Comrade Bradshaw had been taken to another hospital, had recovered from his wounds and was transferred to the invalid corps where he finished his term of enlistment. He is now a prosperous merchant in Nebraska town. Fifty one years ago these men were eighteen year old boys. Today they are old and gray but just as full of vim and patriotism as they were then, and you may take it from us that their meeting was an enjoyable one---Independent.
Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent
Tuesday, 3 December 1918
Soldiers' Home Notes
Calvin Bradshaw, late of Company 1, 23rd Iowa infantry, died at the west hospital on the evening of November 30th. The remains were shipped to Farmen (sic), Davidson (sic) county, for interment.
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