This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Taylor Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gVB.2ACI/2759 Message Board Post: I'm not related to the following people, and have no further information about them, but I thought this may be of interest to someone: Thursday, August 4, 1864 N. C. ARGUS (Wadesboro’, Anson County, NC) -B. TAYLOR, Co. C., Prison Guard, was accidentally shot this morning about 8 o’clock, by a comrade while going on duty. The gun in the hands of one of the Guard, went off by careless handling, and the ball took effect on Mr. TAYLOR, passing through his heart, causing instant death. He was from Johnston county, a good soldier and respectable man. The accident cast a gloom over the whole Garrison. His remains were sent home to his friends last night. Daily Watchman. Note: The Daily Watchman was a newspaper out of Salisbury, NC, so he apparently was a guard at the Salisbury Confederate Prison. More NC newspaper abstracts can be found on my website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jganis/unionco/newspapers.html