Talcott, Walter B. died 1865

TALCOTT, LACY, GRAY

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 9/15/2023 at 17:09:49

Mr. Dan Lacy of this place has received a dispatch from his brother Milo, now P.M. at Julesburg and late a compositor in this office. The dispatch gives us the sad intelligence of the death, in that battle*, of Walter B. Talcott and Wm. H. Gray, both of McGregor.

Mr. Talcott, when he enlisted, was (as was Milo Lacy) a compositor in the TIMES office, and went into the army, fearing his inability to protect himself from the pending draft.

Walter leaves a wife and two young children in Highland, Clayton Co., to mourn the untimely death of a husband and father.

The deceased was a steady, honorable, patriotic man, universally beloved by those who knew him. The TIMES office corps tender, en masse, their deepest sympathy to Mrs. Talcott and her little ones.

~Weekly North Iowa Times, Wednesday, January 18, 1865; pg 2

*The battle referred to was fought at Julesburg, Colorado Territory between a small garrison of men by Capt. "Nick" O'Brien of the 7th Cavalry and about 1500 Indians. The Indians had attacked the overland mail express and a mule train. The troops at the Julesburg Military Post drove the Indians back, where they gained over a thousand reinforcements and in turn drove back the troops to the post. A battle ensued at the stage station, where 35 Indians (including the principal chief), 19 soldiers and citizens were killed.