Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-05-15


tdoor, stepping over two dead men,
One wounded man lay at the side o
the hall, in great pain. / told then
without directing my remarks to an!
one in particular, that we ought to SCI
what could be done for him. At tn
same time opened the door leading
into the sitting room, in which ther,
was light. into which be was at onc'
removed. One of their surgeons assis
ted me 10 dressing one Of his wounds
and then left. This was flesh wound
4 in the thigh. / observed he was bleed
ing pretty freely from his body. and OF
examination found that ball had en-
tered the left and anterior portion Of the
abdomen. ranging downward and back
ward. and passing out just above the
posterior portion of the illium or hiF
bone, from which he was bleeding free
ly. applied cold water. to arrest the
hemorhage. then found VIM. Allen.
one of our own men, in the room with
( a cut on his head and on his lip, and al
so slight bayonet wound in the right
and lower portion Of the abdomen. j
also dressed the hand OF small boy,
who had been shot through the ball ofthe
thumb. | then turned to finish dres-
sing the wounds OF the first, when
learned that he was secessiOnist; but
| rendered him all the assistance |
could under the circumstances. and just
as ] had finished dressing his wounds,
FIVE burIy fellows came in and asked
me il | was not the id Yankee doc
tor. told them | was the surgeon of
the Regiment. They said they were
sent TO take me prisoner, and one OF
them caught me by each arm. and a
third by my coat collar behind. and
walked me pretty rapidly out Of the
room, whilst the other two followed
with guns in hand. When we entered
the barroom, they stopped, cut the
straps off my trunk, and tied my hands
behind me Before tying me. howev
er, they relieved me Of everything |
had about me but my pocket book.
which they thought was filed with
nothing but papers-the way and man
ner of which ] will now describe. My
shawl was the first that fell into their
hands; one of them snatched it from
my shoulders, giving the very decided
reason. (which. by the by. was not very
conclusive to my mind. that ''it was
too good for a d-d Yankee son Of a
b-h." The next thing was to deliver
up my arms. I had my revolver in
my pocket, and took it out. and such
grabbing and pulling as there was for
it, reminded me of pack OF hungry
wolves. Two or three Of them began
to feel about my body, and felt my
watch in my side pocket. and asked
what it was. l told them it was my
watch, and in order to show them that
it was no weapon. pulled it out, when
one of them laid hold Of it, assuring
me that he would carry it for me, and
in that particular be kept his word, for
l have never seen it since; my PEN
knife was next taken, which finished
the weapon search.
At the time 1 entered the bar-room,
there were eight or ten persons, among
whom was John Clarkson. leader Of
the expedition, busily engaged in open
ing and overhauling the contents Of
trunks. Major Whaley's seemed to
be the most prominent object Of attrac.
ton, for there were FIVE or six gathered
around it, examining papers, aud scat
tering things in every direction.
And every few minutes Clarkson
would say. "Come, men, hunt that
id COL" meaning Major Whaley.-
In nv trunk had s33, which ] was
very anxious to get. They asked me
if i had a trunk, 1 told them it was
mine they cut the straps off. They al
once opened it, and commenced exam
ining its contents; and whilst they
were intent upon examining the pic
lures, (as they callel them) in one oI
nv surgical works |, in order to give
them all the surgical information
could sat down BY the side OF my trunk,
snd commenced telling them the value
Of the books. and explaining the different
parts of the human body represented
bv each plate; and while their attention
was drawn to the pictures, carefully
slipped nv fingers into the pocket, and
between the index and second 6ngel
extracted therefrom a $40 Treasury
Note. and slowed il away in nv pocket
/ The balance Of my money | had thu
modification of seeing slowed away II
the pocket of one Of my captors. Al
ter removing everything from my trunk
they hurried me away to where thel
were gathering in the prisoners. which
was occupied by us as hospital.
j On nv arrival there, found thel
had about so, citizens and all; FIVE o
our men were there wounded, two Sc
J verely. and three slightly. / asked on
Of the Captains to be good enough e
unite nv arms. that ! might rende
some assistance to my wounded men
J He very grufiy, replied. He woult
, see us all in h-l first" then wen
; around our wounded. and encouraged
them to bear their suferiugs with for
: titude,. snd, il possible. not let then
know they we're suffrring. About al
; hour afterward, l asked another Cap
6 tain to unloose my arms. that / might
=, laost, aYamine their Vounda and
received shout the same reply IS fror
} the former. So I still had to watt
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