From the Richmond Daily Whig, Saturday, October 22, 1864

WANTON MURDER. – Yesterday evening, a child eight years old named James Duke, was shot and killed by Wm. Bohannon, a soldier at Seabrook's Hospital. It seems that Bohannon was sitting in the hospital yard with his musket beside him. The child climbed on a fence and looked into the hospital yard. Bohannon fired at the child, the bullet tearing off the top of his skull and killing him instantly. Bohannon ran, but was pursued and captured by officer Granger.

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