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Garry Owen was the unofficial marching song of the Seventh Cavalry. Gen. Custer reportedly heard the song among his Irish troop and liked it. The tune was then played so often the 7th became tied to it.  The tune is first documented as Auld Bessy in 1788. It was later (1800) in the opera Harlequin Amulet (the Majic of Mona). About that time it was attributed to "Jackson of Cork" by a book of Country Dances by William Campbell. It also appeared in part two (1802) of Nathaniel Gow's four volume Complete Repository of the Original Scotch Slow Tunes. 
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Contents 

• American Wars by Conflict  
• Ancestors in the Civil War 
• Links
• Most Wanted
• Researchers
• Kentucky Civil War Howells, Descendants of Raleigh Howell
• Missouri Units
• Missouri Civil War Howells, Descendants of Raleigh Howell
• Missouri Civil War Howells of Other Howell Ancestry

• Missouri Civil War Howells of Unknown Ancestry

Links to other Howell Military Pages

American Wars By Conflict       America's Wars Fact Sheet           

• French and Indian Wars (1754 - 1763):
• Lord Dunmore's War (1774):                    
• American Revolution (1775 - 1783):         
• Indian Campaigns (1790 - 1811):             
• War of 1812 (1812 - 1815):                   
• Mexican War (1846 - 1848):                   
• Civil War (1861 - 1865):       
          Kentucky
  • Howell, Bradford   
  • Howell, Edward W. 
  • Howell, James D. 
  • Howell, Jesse 
  • Howell, Robert N. 
  • Howell, Raleigh (Rolley) 
    Missouri
  • Howell, Abraham 
  • Howell, Allen 
  • Howell, Elisha Welty 
  • Howell, Francis Marion 
  • Howell, James Madison
  • Howell, Joseph Bedford 
  • Howell, Logan S.
  • Howell, Moses 
  • Howell, Samuel Livingston 
  • Howell, Warren 
  • Howell, William Young    

• Spanish-American War (1898 - 1902):             
• World War I (1917 - 1918):                 
• World War II (1940 - 1945):   
            Kansas   
  • Howell, James Madison II
  • Howell, Lylburne
    Missouri 
  • Howell, Ralph Glenwood 
  • Howell, Robert Edgar
    Oklahoma
  • Howell, James Madison II

• Korean War (1950-1953):   
            Missouri 
  • Howell, Herbert Clare
    
• Vietnam War (1964-1975):   
          Kansas   
  • Gillam, Dwayne David 
  • Howell, Larry Paul  
    Missouri 
  • Howell, Richard Dennis   
    Oklahoma
  • Howell, James Madison III

• Modern Wars, Deployments and Conflicts
  • Somali Civil War (1992-1995)
  • Operation Uphold Democracy (Haiti) (1994)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (as member of IFOR and SFOR peacekeeping forces, 1995—)
  • Operation Infinite Reach (strikes on Sudan and Afghanistan, 1998)
  • Operation Allied Force (Kosovo War, NATO operations, 1999)
  •  Persian Gulf
    • Iran-Iraq War (22 September 1980–20 August 1988)  
    • Persian Gulf War (1990–1991)
      • Iraqi No-Fly Zones (1991–2003)
      • Operation Provide Comfort (1991–1996)
    • War on Terrorism (2001—)
      • Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) (2001—)
      • Operation Iraqi Freedom (Second Persian Gulf War) (2003—)

        Kansas 

        • Howell, Travis Joseph

We would like to honor those who proudly served our country who are descendants of Raleigh Howell which includes all surnames. Please let me know of any descendants that we can add to this honorable list

The History of Memorial Day

Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day because it was a time set aside to honor the nation's Civil War dead by decorating their graves. It was first widely observed on May 30,1868, to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former sailors and soldiers. On May 5, 1868, Logan declared in General Order No. 11 that:

The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land. In this observance no form of ceremony is prescribed, but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit.

During the first celebration of Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, after which 5,000 participants helped to decorate the graves of the more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery.

This 1868 celebration was inspired by local observances of the day in several towns throughout America that had taken place in the three years since the Civil War. In fact, several Northern and Southern cities claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day, including Columbus, Mississippi; Macon, Georgia; Richmond, Virginia; Boalsburg, Pennsylvania; and Carbondale, Illinois.

In 1966, the federal government, under the direction of President Lyndon Johnson, declared Waterloo, New York, the official birthplace of Memorial Day. They chose Waterloo—which had first celebrated the day on May 5, 1866—because the town had made Memorial Day an annual, community-wide event during which businesses closed and residents decorated the graves of soldiers with flowers and flags.

By the late 1800s, many communities across the country had begun to celebrate Memorial Day and, after World War I, observances also began to honor those who had died in all of America's wars. In 1971, Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday to be celebrated the last Monday in May. (Veterans Day, a day set aside to honor all veterans, living and dead, is celebrated each year on November 11.)

Today, Memorial Day is celebrated at Arlington National Cemetery with a ceremony in which a small American flag is placed on each grave. Also, it is customary for the president or vice-president to give a speech honoring the contributions of the dead and lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. About 5,000 people attend the ceremony annually.

American Revolution (1775 - 1783)

War of 1812 (1812 - 1815)

• Kentucky Military Governors

Civil War (1861 - 1865)

Ancestors in the Civil War

Links

• Massacre of the Third M.S.M. Cavalry Lincoln County troops killed by Jesse James and George Todd.
• 49th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry     Howell soldiers from Lincoln County, MO.
• Dyer's Compendium Union Regimental Histories Missouri Volunteers
• Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Logan Howell from Lincoln County, MO
• 9th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment Howell soldiers from Allen County, KY
• The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (1880 - 1901)

FOR FURTHER RESEARCH

• To discover more information on Union regimental histories one should first look at Frederick Dyer's "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" which is published by Morningside Press.
• Charles E. Dornbusch's four volumes "Military Bibliography of the Civil War" contains information on thousands of Civil War publications.
• Bertram Groene's "Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor" discusses several different sources on Civil War regiments.

Most Wanted

We're looking for any information pertaining to which military units these individuals may have served in, relatives that may have records, cemetery and tombstone information.

• Warren Howell. son of Samuel Howell was born about 1833 in Lincoln County, MO. Past researchers indicated Warren had "enlisted 13 Mar 1862 and died of wounds at Rock Hill, Mississippi on 19 Jun 1862".

• James Madison Howell , son of Samuel Howell, was born 6 Dec 1844 and "died 6 Jan 1866 of wounds in the Civil War". Buried in Howell-Tucker Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO.

Please contact Kirby Ross KDRossEsq@aol.com or Tom Howell howell_t@msn.com.

Researchers

Special thanks to Kirby Ross KDRossEsq@aol.com  who has been researching the Welty family in the Civil War era in Missouri who has provided the following information on the Howell's that served in the Lincoln County, Missouri area. If you run across any direct or indirect family member, please contact Kirby.

Kentucky Civil War Howells, Descendants of Raleigh Howell - Tom Howell

Jesse Howell 1^st Lt., Company C, Capt. Mulligan’s Company, 9^th Kentucky Infantry

Company Muster-in Roll
Joined for duty: 15 Sep 1861 Allen County, KY
Muster-in date: 26 Nov 1861 Camp Boyle, Adair County, KY for 3 years, age 34
Company Muster Roll
Enrollment to 31 Dec 1861
Jan-Feb 1862: Present: Paid by paymaster $110.50, sick
Jan-Feb 1862: Resigned 18 Jan 1862
Company Muster-out Roll
Age 34, 15 Dec 1864, Louisville, KY. Was 1^st Lieut. From organization of Company till January the 18^th, 1962 when he resigned.
Officers’ Casualty Sheet
Rank: 1^st Lt., Co. C, 9^th Ky Infantry
Source of order: 14^th Ohio

Bradford Howell Pvt., Company C, 9^th Kentucky Infantry
(Pending Records)

Edward W. Howell Pvt., Company C, 9^th Kentucky Infantry

Adjustant General’s Office
Washington, January 30, 1868
It appears from the Rolls on file in this Office, that Edward W. Howell was enrolled on the 15^th day of September, 1861, at Allen County, KY, in Company C, 9^th Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers, to serve 3 years, or during the war. On Muster Roll of Company C, of that Regiment, for the months of dated Dec 15, 1864, he is reported Discharged on Surgeons Certificate Of Disability at Bowling Green, KY, March 11, 1863.
Company Muster-in Roll
Joined for duty: 15 Sep 1861 Allen County, KY
Muster-in date: 26 Nov 1861 Camp Boyle, Adair County, KY for 3 years, age 21
Company Muster Roll
Enlistment to 31 Dec 1861: Paid by state pay master $13. Sick.
Jan - Feb 1862: Paid by state pay master $13.
Mar - Apr 1862. Present.
Nov - Dec, 1862. Absent Left sick at Louisville, KY. September 20, 1862.
Dec 31, 1862. Bowling Green, KY. Present.
Mar - Apr 1863. Left sick at Louisville, KY and sent back to Bowling Green.
10 Apr 1863. Sick in Hospital, Bowling Green, KY.
9 May 1863. Discharged at Bowling Green, KY.
Adjutant General’s Office, War Department Final Statement signed by W. B._flund, Surgeon in charge of Hospital No. 5 shows him "Discharged at Bowling Green, KY., Mar 14, 1863 on Surgeon’s Certificate of Disability. Nature of disability not stated. The Surgeon/s Certificate is not on file.
Company Muster-out Roll
Edward W. Howell, Priv. , Co. C, 9 Reg’t Kentucky Infantry, Age 21 years. Appears on Co. Muster-out Roll, dated Louisville, KY, Dec 15, 1864. Discharged on Surgeons Certificate of Disability at Bowling Green, KY, March 11, 1863 order unknown.

James D. Howell Pvt., Company C, 9^th Kentucky Infantry

Pension Records
Enlisted 10 Oct 1861
Muster into rank: Pvt, 26 Nov 1861
Death: 7 Mar 1863
Cause of Death:  Chronic Diarrhea while in line of duty.
Marriage: Agenss E. Bradley on 18 Feb 1855.
Children:  William Henry b. 6 Oct 1856; Mary Isabella b. 7 Feb 1861.
Certificate of Disability for Discharge
James D. Howell, Private, of Captain KeestersCompany of the 9th Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers was enlisted by Capt. Mulligan at Columbia, KY, on the twelfth day of September, 1861, to serve three years; he was born in Allen Co. in the State of KY; is Thirty One years of age, five feet ten inches high; fair complexion; grey eyes, brown hair, and by occupation when enlisted a Farmer.
Discharged this 4th day of October, 1862.  Nashville, TN.

Robert N. Howell Pvt., Company C, 9^th Kentucky Infantry

Company Muster-in Roll
Joined for duty: 15 Sep 1861 Allen County, KY
Muster-in date: 26 Nov 1861 Camp Boyle, Adair County, KY for 3 years, age 21
Company Muster Roll
Enlistment to 31 Dec 1861: Paid by state pay master $13. Sick.
Jan - Feb 1862: Present
Mar - Apr 1862: Not stated
30 Apr - 31 Aug, 1862: Sent sick ___ ___ to St. Louis about May 16, 1862.
Company Muster-out Roll
Age 21, Louisville, Ky, 15 Dec 1864.
Discharged on Surgeons certificate of disability at St. Louis, MO July 5, 1862, the order unknown. Discharged July 6, 1862
Certificate of Disability for Discharge
Robert N. Howell of Captain G. M. Mulligan, Private, Company C, of the Ninth Kentucky Regiment of United States Volunteers, was enlisted by G.M. Mulligan, Capt. , Co. C of the Ninth Regiment of Kentucky Vols. At Allen Co. Kentucky on the fifteenth day of September, 1861, to serve three years; he was born in Allen County in the State of Kentucky, is twenty-two years of age, five feet eight inches high, fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, and by occupation when enlisted a farmer. During the last two months said soldier has been unfit for duty sixy days. I certify, that I have carefully examined the said Robert N. Howell, Pvt., of Captain G.M. Mulligan’s Company, and find him incapable of performing the duties of a soldier because General Debility and Chronic Diarrhea - has done no service since the battle of Pittsburg Landing and in my opinion will be unable for duty during the summer. __________ Hospital, July 30, 1862
Discharged this 6^th day of July, 1862, St Louis, MO.

Rolley Howell Company C, 9^th Kentucky Infantry

Company Muster-in Roll
Joined for duty: 20 Oct 1861 Allen County, KY
Muster-in date: 26 Nov 1861 Adair County, KY for 3 years, age 25
Company Muster Roll
Jan-Feb 1862: Present
Mar-Apr 1862: Present
30 Apr-31 Aug 1862: Present
Nov-Dec 1862: Wounded in Battle of Murfreesboro, TN 31 Dec 1862
Jan-Feb 1863: Wounded in Battle of Murfreesboro 2 Jan 1863
Mar-Apr 1863: Absent. Wounded in Battle of Murfreesboro, 2 Jan 1863
May - Jun 1863: Discharged at Nashville, TN
10 Apr 1863: Sick in hospital, Nashville, TN
Company Muster-out Roll
15 Dec 1864: Age 25, Louisville, KY. Last paid to 31 Aug, 1862. Discharged on Surgeon certificate of disability at Nashville, TN, date and order unknown. Discharged 1 Jun 1863
Casualty Sheet
Rank: Sgt, Co. C, 9^th Ky Infantry
Place: Murfreesboro or Stone River, TN
Nature of casualty: Wounded slightly
Date of Casualty: from 30 Dec 1862 to 3 Jan 1863
Certificate of Disability for Discharge
Rolley Howell, Private, Company C, 9^th Regiment of Kentucky Vol. Infantry, was enlisted at Columbia, KY on 10 Oct 1861 to serve 3 years. Born in Allen Co., KY, 29 years of age, 6 feet 1 ½ inched high, fair complexion, blue eyes, auburn hair, occupation farmer. Disability: Anchylosis of left foot. Anchylosis of left foot resulting from Erysipelas & Gangrene following a gun shot would received January 2, 1863 at Battle of Stone River. Degree of Disability ½. C.C. Gray, Surgeon.

Battle of Murfreesboro 

Report on the Battle of Murfreesboro', Tenn., by Major Gen. W. S. Rosecrans, U.S.A., United States. Army. Dept. of the Cumberland.
Publication date: 1863.
Ninth Kentucky Volunteers. Lists those killed our wounded.  Company C: Sergeant Roly Howell - slightly. Bradford Howell - fracture, seriously.  Page 490    Page 491

Missouri Units Kirby Ross

Third Missouri State Militia Cavalry -- Company G
Elisha Welty Howell (son of Young Howell) Elisha Howell was wounded in the knee on Aug. 16, 1864 near Dripping Spring in Boone County during skirmishing with bushwhackers belonging to George Holtzclaw's band.
Frances Marion Howell (son of Young Howell)

Forty-Ninth Infantry Regiment, Missouri Volunteers --- Company E (a.k.a. U.S. Service and Federal Service)                        
                   
Joseph Bedford Howell (son of Young Howell) The 49th was formed in the summer of 1864. According to his first cousin Richard East, Joseph ran for captain of Company E against John Ball, but was defeated in the election. While a private in the 49th, he simultaneously maintained his rank of captain in the EMM until March 12, 1865.
Allen Howell (son of Samuel Howell) --- Allen was a sergeant in the 49th, and 1st lieutenant in the 37th EMM.
Moses Howell (son of Samuel Howell)
William Young Howell (son of Young Howell)
Samuel Livingston Howell (son of Young Howell)

Thirty-Seventh Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (a.k.a. Shirt Tail Militia, also Troy Home Guard, also Lincoln County Home Guard)
Joseph Bedford Howell (son of Young Howell)
Allen Howell (son of Samuel Howell)
Abraham Howell (son of Samuel Howell)

Second Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (a.k.a. "Detailed Militia and the Six Month Service")
Moses Howell (son of Samuel Howell)
Allen Howell (son of Samuel Howell)
Samuel Livingston Howell (son of Young Howell)

Multiple Units & Political Background Kirby Ross

You probably see the same names repeated in different units. I will try to clarify.

• The term of enlistment for the Third MSM Cavalry was three years.

• For the 49th, it was one year.

• For the 2nd Prov. EMM, it was six months.

• The 37th EMM was a local reserve home guard unit, whose members remained on their farms and shops as civilians until they were called up for a few days or weeks in times of emergency. Troops in the 37th were free to enlist at any time in any one of the full time units.

Thus, a man could belong to the 37th EMM from 1862-1865, serve simultaneously in the 2nd Provisional EMM for six months during 1863, and then enlist in the 49th Infantry Regiment in 1864.

In addition to the above units, Moses Howell also enlisted in the 32nd Infantry Regiment, Missouri Volunteers in the autumn of 1862. When he and a number of other recruits from Lincoln County arrived at Benton Barracks in St. Louis, they discovered their recruiting captain, Asbury C. Marsh had sold them by the head to another recruiter. A large number of the boys, including Moses, "jumped the fence" and returned to Lincoln County.

The regimental rosters of the 49th show Joseph B. Howell to be a private. Seems a bit incongruous when you consider the fact he was a captain in the EMM. 

All these regiments in the Civil War were run politically from the top down.  Rank was not predicated on merit, but instead on political skills.  The governor appointed the colonels and majors.  Ranks from corporal to captain were obtained through popular election (imagine being led into battle by a man with a good personality, but poor military skills).  Company A of the 37th EMM was full of Weltys and Howells and Smiths.  Full of them.  Thus the entire officer corps of Company A was Welty (Capt. Joseph Howell;  1st Lt. Allen Howell;   2nd Lt. Elisha Welty Early --- all first cousins to each other).  When Company E of the 49th was formed, the political climate was different.  Boys from all over Lincoln County were joining this company.  While there were seven Welty's in the new company of the 49th, Joseph's power base was more seriously diluted.  He apparently bet the farm on the captain's election, instead of running for sergeant, like Allen Howell did, or even lieutenant.  John E. Ball, who beat Howell in the election, was a captain in another company of the 37th and he was a killer.  One account had him leading a mounted raid on a farm in Montgomery County, chasing down a fleeing teen, and shooting him down.  The troops of Company E, I suspect, were a bit more impressed with Ball's aggressiveness than Howell's.

Some personal accounts that may have passed down through the years may have referred to the EMM and Provisional EMM units by their slang names.

• Thirty-Seventh Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (a.k.a. "Shirt Tail Militia")

• Second Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (a.k.a. "Detailed Militia and the Six Month Service")
  

Quotes

     "Joseph Howell ran for captain of Company E, 49th Missouri Infantry, but he was beaten by John E. Ball."  
    --- Richard East (Howell's 1st Cousin), March 16, 1918   Winfield, Mo.

     "I enrolled in the Home Guards there in Lincoln County after I returned from Iowa in December, 1863, and Joe Howell was our captain, but I don't know the letter of the company or regiment, or for that matter whether there was a regiment---we didn't call it "in the army" at all, and I know that we didn't get a discharge to enlist in the 49th. 
    --- John S. East (Howell's 1st Cousin), April 28, 1919   Bowling Green, Mo. 

     "I served from April 1863 to November 1863 in Company C, 2nd Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia.  I served for a while in Captain Reid's Company [Capt. Thomas R. Reid, Co. E, 37th EMM] in the Enrolled Missouri Militia during 1865.  I also served awhile in Captain Joseph B. Howell's company [Co. A, 37th EMM]
    --- William F. Powell (Howell's 1st cousin through marriage), June 18, 1918  Laddonia, Mo.

     "No sir, I never served the Confederacy in any capacity---I reckon not.  If all the relations I had who were serving Uncle Sam at that time had been put together they would have made a pretty good company.  I guess I was a pretty fair soldier.  I never served under Captain Joseph Howell in the Shirt Tail Militia, and William Colbert was not my captain in the 49th, but was my captain in Company C, 2nd Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia.

     I know some of the comrades always did my correspondence for me while I was in the service.  Moses Howell, my cousin, was orderly sergeant in Company C and it is very likely that he signed my name on the roster for me.  There was another fellow in that company by the name of Sam Howell, and he was with me in the 49th, too, same company."           --- Richard East, March 16 - 17, 1918  Winfield, Mo.

     Note:  East was too young to serve, so enlisted under an assumed name.  He was also functionally illiterate, necessitating the assistance of his cousin Moses Howell and others in regard to writing letters and signing his name.

     "I know Moses Howell served with Dick in both the detailed service and the U.S. service, and I think Allen Howell was also in the detailed militia with Dick."
    --- Susan Brown (1st cousin of Moses and Allen), March 19, 1918   Troy, Mo.

     "I never talked to Dick much about his business in the army, and I can't tell you the names of any of his other officers, but I will tell you of a cousin of mine that was with Dick and that was Moses Howell.  I don't recall whether Moses was an officer.
    --- John S. East, April 28, 1919  Bowling Green, Mo. 

Missouri Civil War Howells, Descendants of Raleigh Howell

• Logan Howell - 5th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Civil war letters. Troop movements. Capture during the siege of Atlanta. Prisioner in the notorious Andersville Confederate prison.
  

• Moses Howell - 2nd Regiment provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia
  Moses Enrolled 25 Mar 1863; ordered into active service 5 Apr 1863; relieved from further duty with the Company, 13 Nov 1863; 234 days of actual service. Auditor for War Department 2 Feb 1897. Married  by Justice of the Peace, Wm. Colbert. Certificate of Marriage . He married Lucy S. Jones on 10 Jan 1864 in Warrenton, MO. Two children Elizabaeth T. Howell, born 23 Sep 1866 and Arthur B. Howell, born 17 Nov 1873. Bureau of Pensions 15 Oct 1898 . Enrolled in Troy, MO. Discharged at Hannibal, MO. Resided in New Florence for 8 years and at Louisiana, MO thereafter.  Occupation: farmer  Declaration of Pension 12  Mar 1907. He received monthly pension of $12 per month. Pension Bureau 24 Jan 1908 . Moses died 5 Feb 1910 and resided at 500 Frankford Road, Louisiana, Pike County, MO. Widow's Application for Accrued Pension 8 Feb 1910. Widow's Declaration for Original Pension . Moses died of heart disease Physician's Affidavit 24 Feb 1910, Pension of $30 per month paid until 4 Jul 1928, when Lucy S. (Jones) Howell died. Indicates Lucy S. Howell, Tebbetts, MO Drop Report-Pensioner 14 Aug 1928.
  Pension records and photographs of Logan and Moses Howell were provided courtesy of Grace (Howell) Hampel, Moscow Mills, MO
  

• Francis Marion Howell   Civil War Veterans of Comanche County, Kansas

Missouri Civil War Howells of other Howell Ancestry

Thomas Howell

There was a Thomas Howell of Warren County that had served with the Confederacy in the earliest days of the war. He was taken out of his home in the final months of the war, probably by troops from the 37th EMM, and was shot along with two of his neighbors. His neighbors died, but seriously wounded Thomas played possum, then walked a dozen or so miles to help.

He is believed to be a Thomas Addison Howell (JOHN3, FRANCIS2, JOHN1), son of John Howell and Sarah Keele.  He was born February 25, 1821 in ,St. Charles, Mo. He married Sarah Jane Moore on March 03, 1842 in ,St. Charles, Mo. She was born 1826 in Mo.                                                -------(Oliver page 337: A Confederate soldier)

Missouri Daily Republican,  Friday Morning, September 22, 1864 

   "Warrenton, Mo.  July 20, 1864   A most horrible affair occurred eight or ten miles north of Warrenton, on the night of 18th inst., or morning of the 19th.  Between twelve and one o'clock in the morning of the 19th inst., some fifteen or twenty armed men went to the house of Thomas Howell, called him up and inquired if he had any arms;  informing them that he had none, they called him a l--r, and searched the house;  finding none, they informed him he had to go to Troy with them.  Catching his horse they proceeded with him to the house of a neighbor named Carico where lived two brothers by that name.  They told the Caricos that they also had to go to Troy with them.  A neighbor named Taylor was staying all night with Carico.  They told him if he left the house before daylight they would shoot him.  Taking these three men a short distance, they accused them of being bushwhackers, &c.  Being told positively they were not nor had they ever been, they were called d--d liars.
 
     "Proceeding about half a mile from Carico's house they dismounted them, placed them in a row, and told them there was the place they had to die.  The poor men remonstrating against being taken away so suddenly from families and friends, without any preparation for death, were told that no time could be allowed them for preparation.   Nine of them stopped a few paces from the poor victims and fired, all three of the men falling as if dead.  They, to make death sure, fired a volley at them after they had fallen.  In a few minutes two of the murderers returned, and rolling each of them over, pronounced them dead, and all departed.  But fortunately one of their supposed victims was not killed dead, as the fiends supposed.  After they had gone out of hearing, Mr. Howell arose, saw the other two men dead, and made his way to this place, arriving about daylight, almost dead from the loss of blood.  He had been shot in the face, just under the right eye, the ball striking the cheek bone and ranging downwards.   He may recover, though he lies in a critical condition."

     "I have made diligent inquiry of persons living in that locality, and can find no one that saw them [the murderers] or knows anything about them.  Mr. H, says some were dressed in citizen's clothes, some in Federal uniform.  They had navy revolvers, shot-guns and rifles.  These three men had been with Price in the year 1861, but had been at home since that time---had availed themselves of the Governor's Amnesty Proclamation---taken the oath, given bond, and were good neighbors, quiet, industrious farmers, and law-abiding citizens.  The opinion seems to be, that the gang were made up of a few militia, some federal soldiers, urged on by some citizens having personal enmity towards these men, because they would not unite with them in their fanatical designs.  These men either owned slaves or believed it right to do so.   VERITAS."  

     Note:  This incident occurred near the Lincoln/Warren County line.  Census records indicate that at the time of this incident, Thomas Howell had a wife and six children, the youngest of whom was 6 years old.  The Caricos were possibly Walter and John Carico.  Walter had a wife and five children.    Kirby Ross KDRossEsq@aol.com

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