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English: Photograph of a pencil drawing of 11 Confederate officers in uniform. "OUR MESS" (printed below image). "'Our Mess.' Johnson's Island - Jan. 1864. Capt. John G. Kelly - 1. Mo. Cav. Capt. Reuben Kay - A. A. G. of Gen. Thompson's Staff Lieut. Harrison M. McClure 1. Mo. Cav. Capt. Wm. B. Cox - 9. Mo. Inf. Capt. John C. Ward - 11. Ga. Inf. Capt. John T. Yates - W. M. Mc. D.'s Mo. Cav. Lieut. John T. Mahan - 1. Mo. Cav. Lieut L. R. Price - 1. Mo. Cav. Brig. Gen. M. Jeff. Thompson - Mo. Lieut. Wm. Eller - 1. Mo. Cav. Lieut. Wm. A. Bast - 3. Mo. Cav. From a pencil drawing by Wm. B. Cox, Capt. C. S. A." (written on reverse side). Lt. John G. Kelly, Co. A, 1st Missouri Cavalry. Captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black, Mississippi. Capt. Reuben Kay, Adjutant of 1st Missouri Infantry, 4th Division, Missouri State Guard. Lt. Harrison McClure, Co. K, 1st Missouri Cavalry and later Adjutant of Riggens Battalion, 2nd Division, Missouri State Guard. Captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black, Mississippi. Capt. William B. Cox, Co. E, 9th Missouri Infantry (Clark's Regiment). Captured October 1863 at Little Rock, and spent time at Gratiot and Alton before being sent to Johnson's Island. Capt. John C. Ward, unidentified. Capt. John Yates, unidentified. Lt. John T. Mahan, Co. A, 1st Missouri Cavalry. Captured three times, the second time at Big Black (this is why he was at Johnson's Island). The third time, at Jackson, Tennessee, he escaped even though he was wounded. Lt. Price is probably Stephen R. Price of the 1st Missouri Cavalry. Gen. Jefferson Thompson, Missouri State Guard. Lt. William Eller, Co. K, 1st Missouri Cavalry. Captured at Big Black, Mississippi and spent 22 months at Johnson's Island. Lt. William A. Bast, Co. B, 3rd Missouri Cavalry. (All information taken from digital soldier records.)
Title: "Our Mess." (Illustration of a group of Confederate soldiers in their quarters at Johnson's Island , January 1864).
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