Owen Prentice, a printer and native of Shelby County, Illinois, enlisted in Company C, 11th Missouri Infantry on July 20, 1861 at Springfield, Illinois. On May 14, 1863, he was wounded at Jackson, Mississippi; on December 15, 1864, he was wounded again at Nashville.

Prentice also participated in the battles of Fredericktown, New Madrid, Island No. 10, Iuka, Corinth, Spanish Fort, and Fort Blakely. He was mustered out of the service on January 15, 1866, at Memphis, Tennessee.

Prentice died on July 6, 1919, at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Danville, Illinois.

Carte-de-Visite by Union Picture Gallery, Springfield, Mo.

Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31642