Iowa Old Press
Western College Advocate
Western College, Linn County, Iowa
September 15, 1861
PROMOTED
Mr. A. L. McFerson formerly a student of Western College, has
been promoted to the office of Captain - and is now out West
raising a company. He is a patriotic young man, and fought like a
tiger at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, where he was slightly
wounded, but has recovered.
[transcribed by K.W., July 2009]