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Re: Chew's Sharpshooter Battalion

Stephen,

There is possibly a lot of truth in the family story handed down about William's wife helping take care of him while he hid out on a mountain. It could turn out that this wound was from some fight other than Prairie Grove...perhaps he was fired upon by bushwhackers, etc. after he had left the regiment and his wife cared for him at that time.

Another possibility is that he received a very slight wound at Prairie Grove that didn't require any medical assistance and wasn't recorded on the official list (making that part of the story true)- then at a more distant time received the more serious wound that had his wife assisting him while he recuperated on the mountain. Hopefully you'll find some additional information in the future that will help confirm what happened.

Allan

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