Exhibited in front of the office and hundreds of men women
and children came to see them and there seemed to be much
Excitement amoung the people the body of Peter Wahlen was
brought into the city at 1 oclok I went down to see the body He
was a fine looking young man He was shot with a large Ball
through the top of the Head & fell dead & never spoke. He was
a Jerman by birth & a single man.
The bodies of Joseph Morris & John Banks was brought into
the city at 4 oclok & taken to the City Hall By order of
[blank] their bodies were dressed & washed
I examined them John Banks was shot with one ball
through the neck. Joseph Morris was shot with one ball through
the Head & two in the breast & shoulders they were soon in
readiness to be Exhibited to the public there was near 2000 people
men women & children in a croud wishing to see the bodies but
they were in a small room and there was such a croud that after
a few had seen them the doors were closed & they were not
Exhibited any more.
Mr E. D. Stark delivered a lecture in the 13 ward Assembly rooms
I attended in company with F. D. Richards He spent most of his
time in treating upon Physognomy & not Phrenology I considered
him a vary shallow man & not possessing much depth or good
sens or common politeness
~ Tuesday
17 A Plesant morning I went up to the office in the morning
at 10 oclock I went with Col J. C. Little to Brother Lees and atte-
nded the funeral of Peter Walehlen who was shot in the battle
with the morrisites. I preached a shotrt sermon on the occasi-
on was followed with a few remarks by Phineas Young & Abel Lamb I then returned to the office. In the afternoon
I went onto the Balcony of the Deseret Store with H. C. Kimball G. A. SmithF D. RichardsA. O. Smoot and several others
to see the Army with there prisioners pass by but they passed
on the Block below us. Brother Richards and myself went
down with the croud & followed along side of the prisioners
to the Court House there was a vary large procession of the
military, prisioners, & spectators the Prisioners were marched
Exhibited in front of the office and hundreds of men women
and children came to see them and there seemed to be much
Excitement amoung the people the body of Peter Wahlen was
brought into the city at 1 oclok I went down to see the body He
was a fine looking young man He was shot with a large Ball
through the top of the Head & fell dead & never spoke. He was
a Jerman by birth & a single man.
The bodies of Joseph Morris & John Banks was brought into
the city at 4 oclok & taken to the City Hall By order of
[blank] their bodies were dressed & washed
I examined them John Banks was shot with one ball
through the neck. Joseph Morris was shot with one ball through
the Head & two in the breast & shoulders they were soon in
readiness to be Exhibited to the public there was near 2000 people
men women & children in a croud wishing to see the bodies but
they were in a small room and there was such a croud that after
a few had seen them the doors were closed & they were not
Exhibited any more.
Mr E. D. Stark delivered a lecture in the 13 ward Assembly rooms
I attended in company with F. D. Richards He spent most of his
time in treating upon Physognomy & not Phrenology I considered
him a vary shallow man & not possessing much depth or good
sens or common politeness
~Tuesday
17 A, Plesant morning I went up to the office in the morning
at 10 oclock I went with Col J. C. Little to Brother Lees and attended the funeral of Peter Wahlen who was shot in the battle
with the morrisites. I preached a short sermon on the occasion was followed with a few remarks by Phineas Young &
Abel Lamb I then returned to the office. In the afternoon
I went onto the Balcony of the Deseret Store with H. C. KimballG. A. SmithF D. RichardsA. O. Smoot and several others
to see the Army with there prisioners pass by but they passed
on the Block below us. Brother Richards and myself went
down with the croud & followed along side of the prisioners
to the Court House there was a vary large procession of the
military, prisioners, & spectators the Prisioners were marched
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," June 16, 1862 - June 17, 1862, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 24, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/r0zK