Talk:Joseph C. Porter

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There are multiple accounts of Porter's death, and the edits should not privilege one over another without decisive evidence. I have maintained Mudd's and Oates' accounts. I have deleted the following, not because it doesn't belong, but because the contributor needs to rephrase it in order to make the meaning clear:

"According military recolects from General Marmaduke on display in the University of Missouri."

It would also help if the specific place of display could be cited -- Ellis Library? Western Historical Manuscripts?

DavidOaks 22:57, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing that could lead to the validity of the time of death should be deleted. I too have seen these documents. You can also Google Marmaduke's Notes from Battle of Hartville.

The Hartville Courthouse contains documents that DO INDEED state that Col. Jospeh Chrisman Porter died as a result of a head wound, three hours after the battle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by