Embracing Local History: Part 87 – CORPORAL HERVEY DIX - FIRST ADAIR COUNTY CASUALTY OF THE CIVIL WAR
Hervey Dix was not a native of Missouri, but during his duties as a corporal in the early part of the Civil War, he became the first casualty of that war in Adair County, Mo. He was buried in Kirksville, and after the war, he was honored by having a post of the Grand Army of the Republic in Adair County named for him.
Source: kirksvilledailyexpress.com
