Subject: Jefferson Davis & John G. Kleinlein
From: "Jack Berndt" <[email-masked]>
To: "Kay" <[email-masked]>, "Cuca" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:26:00 -0500

Kleinlein's story in his own words, ca. 1911 Sauk Co. News article, seems to have validity...

The Capture of Jefferson Davis  by Henry Harnden, 1898

http://books.google.com/books?id=DrlEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=capture+of+Jefferson+davis&hl=en&ei=VxJ-TcnZLIvzrAH6xYD-BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Gottlieb Kleinlein, First Wisconsin Calvary, Private, Company A 
http://books.google.com/books?id=DrlEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=Gottlieb+Kleinlein&source=bl&ots=41VPmzpYxk&sig=r3ivQkgQeYs7K6v3L-kimVMgzOw&hl=en&ei=oQ9-TbPSFcvvrAHR3uj-BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&sqi=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Gottlieb%20Kleinlein&f=false

http://genealogytrails.com/wis/1stWICavalry-roster2.html

John Gottlieb Kleinlein. Standing on Wisconsin riverbank, probably nearby where his houseboat was moored. Building above is arguably the old PdS depot (Milwaukee Road), torn down in early 50s & wood removed by Melvin Bickford 
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullimage.asp?id=64825