Here are the Mormons and members of the Paiute group from Paria just east of Kanab. Powell is the guy on the left with the dangling shirt sleeve. The Mormon church historian was here last month and told me that the bright face kid in the hat in the middle was not Hamblin but one of the Adair boys. I think Hamblin is in the picture but do not know where.
John Wesley Powell, Captain, was mustered into service in Battery F, 2d Illinois Artillery.
After drilling a few weeks he was ordered to proceed with his battery to Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, where he arrived the latter part of March, 1862. The battery took part in the battle of Shiloh, April 6th of that year, and during the engagement, as Powell raised his arm, a signal to fire, a rifle ball struck his hand at the wrist. glancing toward the elbow. The necessary surgery was done so hastily that later a second operation was imperative, which left him with a mere stump below the elbow-joint.