Captain James Howard
Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 August 1862, page 3
NEWPORT NEWS
DROWNED-Captain James Howard, a well known resident of this city,
was drowned at Louisville on Saturday last. Mr. Howard was elected Wharf
master at the last election, but resigned his office to accept a position in the
Ram Fleet. He subsequently returned and enlisted in Captain Arthur's
cavalry company.
While embarking on a steamboat at Louisville, on the above mentioned day, he accidentally fell overboard and was drowned.