The Spur Question

[JMadonna]

(02-10-2018 06:09 PM)L Verge Wrote:  My apologies for the mix-up in birth date. The first link that you gave said 1814.5, and I guess I skipped through the date supplied by Steve. 1845 is definitely easier to understand. Another clarification to the first article: It states that Ream enlisted at age 19, which would be in 1864 -- short service.

Yes it was short and uneventful according to Steve's post-gazette article on Jacob Stoles. However, he seems to have beefed up his 1890 biography for Steve's "Portrait and Biographical Album".

According to this biography he enlisted at age 15 and participated in the battles of Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg and the Wilderness just to name a few.

He also mentions his attendance at Ford's theatre on the night of the assassination but fails to mention the spur. I wonder why?