Thomas F. McKissack to Elizabeth E. Stoker, May 7, 1864
Confederate Private Thomas McKissack (19th Texas Infantry, Company C) informed his half-brother’s wife that Private William Stoker (19th Texas Infantry, Company H) had been shot on April 30, 1864 during the Battle of Jenkins Ferry in Grant County, Arkansas. Confederate forces failed to prevent Union forces from retreating across the Saline River during the Battle of Jenkins Ferry. While McKissack was confident that his half-brother would survive, William never returned home to Elizabeth and his daughter Priscilla in Coffeeville, Texas. (By Don Sailer)
Record Data
Source citation
Thomas F. McKissack to Elizabeth E. Stoker, May 7, 1864, William E. Stoker Papers, National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, PA.
Recipient (to)
Stoker, Elizabeth E.
Type
Letter
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
David Gillespie, Dickinson College
Transcription date
06/05/2009
