Son of George Haller &
Ann [Johnson] Haller
Married Charity Curren Sexton
November 24, 1852
Smyth Co., Virginia
In June 1861, Bowker Haller
enlisted in the Confederate
forces, becoming captain of
Company B, Dawson's 19th Ark.
Infantry in August 1862.
He was captured at the surrender
of Arkansas Post, in January 1863.
According to George M. Clark,
who was captured at the same time,
when the prison boat reached
Memphis on its way to St. Louis,
Capt. Haller in some way obtained
civilian clothes and simply walked
off the boat. Official military
records confirm that he did escape
and show that he was involved in
staff work at Little Rock in 1863.
While on leave from his unit,
Company B of the 19th Arkansas,
which was in Tennessee at the
time, he became involved in the
campaign in southern Arkansas in
the spring of 1864 under
(Co. G, Hardy's Regt., Ark Inf)
and was killed at the Battle of
Jenkin's Ferry on May 1, 1864.
Source: Howard County Heritage.
Ann [Johnson] Haller
Married Charity Curren Sexton
November 24, 1852
Smyth Co., Virginia
In June 1861, Bowker Haller
enlisted in the Confederate
forces, becoming captain of
Company B, Dawson's 19th Ark.
Infantry in August 1862.
He was captured at the surrender
of Arkansas Post, in January 1863.
According to George M. Clark,
who was captured at the same time,
when the prison boat reached
Memphis on its way to St. Louis,
Capt. Haller in some way obtained
civilian clothes and simply walked
off the boat. Official military
records confirm that he did escape
and show that he was involved in
staff work at Little Rock in 1863.
While on leave from his unit,
Company B of the 19th Arkansas,
which was in Tennessee at the
time, he became involved in the
campaign in southern Arkansas in
the spring of 1864 under
(Co. G, Hardy's Regt., Ark Inf)
and was killed at the Battle of
Jenkin's Ferry on May 1, 1864.
Source: Howard County Heritage.
Son of George Haller &
Ann [Johnson] Haller
Married Charity Curren Sexton
November 24, 1852
Smyth Co., Virginia
In June 1861, Bowker Haller
enlisted in the Confederate
forces, becoming captain of
Company B, Dawson's 19th Ark.
Infantry in August 1862.
He was captured at the surrender
of Arkansas Post, in January 1863.
According to George M. Clark,
who was captured at the same time,
when the prison boat reached
Memphis on its way to St. Louis,
Capt. Haller in some way obtained
civilian clothes and simply walked
off the boat. Official military
records confirm that he did escape
and show that he was involved in
staff work at Little Rock in 1863.
While on leave from his unit,
Company B of the 19th Arkansas,
which was in Tennessee at the
time, he became involved in the
campaign in southern Arkansas in
the spring of 1864 under
(Co. G, Hardy's Regt., Ark Inf)
and was killed at the Battle of
Jenkin's Ferry on May 1, 1864.
Source: Howard County Heritage.
Ann [Johnson] Haller
Married Charity Curren Sexton
November 24, 1852
Smyth Co., Virginia
In June 1861, Bowker Haller
enlisted in the Confederate
forces, becoming captain of
Company B, Dawson's 19th Ark.
Infantry in August 1862.
He was captured at the surrender
of Arkansas Post, in January 1863.
According to George M. Clark,
who was captured at the same time,
when the prison boat reached
Memphis on its way to St. Louis,
Capt. Haller in some way obtained
civilian clothes and simply walked
off the boat. Official military
records confirm that he did escape
and show that he was involved in
staff work at Little Rock in 1863.
While on leave from his unit,
Company B of the 19th Arkansas,
which was in Tennessee at the
time, he became involved in the
campaign in southern Arkansas in
the spring of 1864 under
(Co. G, Hardy's Regt., Ark Inf)
and was killed at the Battle of
Jenkin's Ferry on May 1, 1864.
Source: Howard County Heritage.
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