Source: Weekly report of the mortality among the soldiers in the military hospitals and camps of St. Louis, Missouri, October 13, 1861, to May 22, 1865 (published in the Missouri Republican). Location: Archives Reference Desk
Last Name:	Spear
First Name:	Robinson
Death Date:	1862 December 24
Regiment:	Co. e, 31st Iowa
Date of Newspaper:	1862 December 28