David Tuttle Jenkins

The Fate of Col. Jenkins.--
             Vernon, Sept. 7th. 1864.
 As so many contradictory statements have
been made concerning the fate of Col. David
T. Jenkins, of the 146th N.Y., it has been
thought best that the facts should be given
correctly, as far as ascertained.
 The story that he was taken prisoner, and
shot while attempting to escape, is not sup-
ported by any evdence except that of the
man who told it. After long and diligent en-
quiry, we [sic] the voluntary evidence of three
rebel prisoners, two of them officers, all of
them in different prisons, and all unknown
to each other, that Col. Jenkins was shot
on the battle field at the Wilderness, and
died there during the battle. One of these
men claims to have placed the Colonel's
overcoat under his head, and to have given
him water to drink, but that he died soon
after. He has given up a pocket knife which
he took from the Colonel's pocket. This
man belongs to the same company and regi-
ment (44th Virginia) as the man who had in
his possession articles taken from the body
of the Colonel lying there the next day after
the battle, learning his name from marks
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Hospital, said that a detail from that guard
(himself with them) was sent over that field
to gather up the arms, and bury the dead,
and that they buried the body of Col. Jen-
kins.
 These corroborative statements seem to
solve the mystery of his fate, and given some
hope that his remains may eventually be re-
covered.
                        A.P.C.