Polk County IA Archives Obituaries.....GUTHRIE, JOHN W. June 11, 1862
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 "AMERICAN PATRIOTISM" OR, MEMOIRS OF 'COMMON MEN.'" by LEONARD BROWN, 1869
JOHN W. GUTHRIE
Lived before the war near Snider's Post Office, in Jefferson Township, Polk
County, Iowa.  “Was," says Captain Studer" a very good and willing soldier; was
in the battle of Shiloh, and fought well." Age, nineteen; a private; native of
Ohio; enlisted Oct. 25, 1861; died of disease, at Keokuk, June 11, 1862. "He
bore," says Lieutenant Wilkins, “a good character in the company for morality 
and honesty. Nobody could dispute his good soldiership." 


Additional Comments:
This is taken from "AMERICAN PATRIOTISM" OR, MEMOIRS OF 'COMMON MEN.'" by
LEONARD BROWN, published by Redhead & Wellslager, 41 Court Ave.Des Moines,IA. 1869.
This book contains remembrances of fallen soldiers from Polk County during the
Civil War. This includes some genealogical material as well.

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