jasper edelman maltby was a true hero. we have letters from generals grant, logan and other union

jasper edelman maltby was a true hero. we have letters from generals grant, logan and other union generals expressing their great esteem and respect for this individual who, during the battle of fort donaldson in 1863, he suffered from a tremendous injury in all too. and eventually, eventually recovered from this and was able to serve during the siege of vicksburg. and during that siege before the city was eventually taken, there was an attempt to build a tunnel, if you will, underneath the confederate fortification fort hill. and when the explosion occurred there was the 45th illinois led by its then-colonel jasper maltby. and there was a terrible incident in which he was struck by a timber and suffered such interim injuries -- internal injuries that eventually that would lead to his death. william maltby became the captain of an artillery battery that actually wound up on mustang island. it was concerned with local defense of the coastline in corpus christi, of course. so in november of 1863, there was, in fact, a very,