A tombstone for Henry Boeger was uncovered with a death date of October 3, 1864 (Price’s Raid in Franklin County) and the inscription, in German, “Felled at the hands of the rebels.” WOW! One of the few well documented victims of Civil War atrocities from Franklin County had been uncovered!
Partial account of Boeger’s death written by Herman G. Kiel. "At the time of death, he was a member of the town council of Union. In the skirmish at Union on October 1, 1864, he and many others were taken prisoners and moved with the Confederate Army under Price which Army was in danger of being captured by Unionist forces, and saw fit to murder many prisoners including James Wilson and six comrades, killed at Casco near the same place where Boeger was shot in the head and killed on or about Sunday, October 2, 1864, while a prisoner." See the Kiel Files at the Washington Historical Society in Washington, MO.
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