Beaufort
MO 63013
USA
Beaufort, MO: Ceremony Honoring Members of the 3rd M.S.M. Cavalry
On October 4, 2014, members of the Department of Missouri and Arkansas, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and members of the Turner Brigade participated in a ceremony to dedicate a marker for the five soldiers murdered with Major James Wilson of the 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry on October 3, 1864, near Boltes’ Ford in Franklin County, Missouri, during Prices’ Raid. Local historian David Groenke researched the church records of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaufort, Missouri. The story is that after the bodies were discovered, members of the church retrieved them and buried them in the church cemetery after dark, fearing reprisals.
The names on the marker are:
Cpl. William W. Gourley, Co. I
Pvt. William Christopher Grotts, Co. I
Pvt. John Halibaugh, Co. K
Pvt. William Scaggs, Co. I
Pvt. John W. Shew, Co. I
This marker in Beaufort, MO, lists the names of the 5 cavalrymen of the 5th M.S.M. Cavalry killed with Major Wilson.
SUVCW and Turner members at the marker in Beaufort, MO, on October 4, 2014.