Robin Sterling
Soldiers of 19th Ala. Inf. Incident in Huntsville
Thu May 17 13:11:49 2001


Here's another little news article regarding one of my relative's escapades in Huntsville....I suspect too much liberty and alchohol was a contributing factor...

The [Huntsville] Democrat, Wednesday, 30 October 1861

"Assault on a Female-We regret to state that, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, about dark, while Mr. Wm. C. Mullens and his wife, of this city, were walking from the Railroad Depot to their residence, a private named C.C. Sterling, in the company of Continentals, Capt. McKenzie, of Blount County, made a remark that Mr. and Mrs. M. understood to be addressed to Mrs. M. and intended to insult her. Mr. M. offered to resent the real or supposed insult, when Sterling threw a large stone at him, which missed him and struck Mrs. M. on one arm and side in the region of the liver, producing a severe contusion of the area, and so injuring the liver that she still continues in a very critical condition. Sterling was taken before Justice Wilson for examination yesterday, but was remanded in jail to await the results of Mrs. M's injuries."

Mr. Sterling was released and returned to regiment in March of 1862. He survived the War and later moved to Texas in the 1880s. I seem to recall that Capt. McKenzie is buried in Mississippi.