Price's Franklin County Raid Victim Found!

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.

More Plans For St. John's Mantels

We will be working at Mantels this coming Saturday October 8, beginning at 9:00 a.m.

Tasks:
(1) Burn the brush piles
(2) Trim up the stumps, etc. in the former wooded area; perhaps remove some additional trees / limbs
(3) Continue the repair of tombstones
(4) Set tombstones in new bases
(5) Probe

BONUS:
Lunch is being provided by the members, so if there is something you want to contribute bring it along. We already have hotdogs, chips, cake, cookies, water and soda.

Thanks and hope to see you all Saturday.