The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-08-24
A Remarkable stroke Of AsHhts
ning.--Tne Whole Eighteenth
Missouri RcgiHn cnf stunned and
Bianded-TVy0 Men Killed and
Eighteen Severely Wounded,
From the Chattaaooga CARTE.

! From the Chattaaooga Gaycttc
| A most remarkable stroke of lightning oe-.
Cured in the Camp Fuller Brigade, noar
| Ressville, Ga, July II, 1864, killed and
wounded about fifteen soldiers, and killing
| and shocking severely several teams, a de.
Scription Of which may be interesting to your
readers.
Mr. Pollock, regincntal wagonmaster, a
scientific gentleman, who observed the be-
| ginning Of the storm closely, relates that az
| about 6 clock p NJ, the heavy clouds
gathered i'll the west divided, and one part
passing southwark and the other passing
northward, both emitting lightning and rain,
and finally coming together again right over
the Sixteenth Army Corps, camped m the
hills on the south bank of the Chattahoo-
chee at Rossyille bridge, At the moment
Of the unioh of two clouds, the most vivid
and ncessant flashes Of lightning we're emit,
ted, followed by thunder peals almost equa!
ing our own cannon, with deatenng, stun.
ming. almost appalling effect. W. d.
The discharge that did the principal dam
age in the Eighteenth Missouri Infantry, an
observer relates, descended from tho cIou,i
at very low altitude, and shot acros; tbs
road, a lurid, horizontal volume Of flame, II
bout the thickness of mans body. /.
struck a tall oak about ninety feet high aud
thirty inches thick, on high poins Of
ground, and descended, splitting it from IL
heart, but throwing no splinters. At the
base of the tree, where large number Of
soldiers had .bivouacked,j and fluid seemed
to leave the tree and its roots and dart out
in every direction in a great number Of luri
jets, similar to those of large mass Of pig
IRON at white heat under the trip hammer,
except, instead OF flying in sparks, they we're
in continuous streams. All this was only
the work Of an instant Nearly the whole
regiment was stunned and blinded Many
lay shocked to insenibility. Awhole SIX
mule team, at the distance Of twenty yards,
We're thrown down, Just At this juncture
the discharge Of the cloud seemed to strike
in iSpid succession at other plaros in tho
brigade, | have since learned, killed and
wounded men and animals. '-'" .I'
Now for description of freaks. Those
lettle jets running from the trunk Of the col
urnn of the electric. Auid, something Ike the.
roots and fine footlet3 of large tree, pene.
trating everything they came in contract
with, more penetrating than bullet; and
some OF them We're no largerthan a knitting
needle. In their punctures they made nc
indentation like bullet, but burst their
way. Everything they touched -bIankots,
clothing, hair, skim paper, &e had thu
appearance Of vitriol spriukied over thrin.r4-.
The appearance of the vicinity generally wal
that of large quantity of vitriol having
burst and sprinked in fine Jets around. 7
examined one soldiers kuapsack and con-
tents, One little jet, about the size Of a
buckshot, had enteredit, penetrated 26 folds
Of his blanket, penetrated through his port.
folio, through letters, envelopes quires q
paper, dacuereotgpes and the brass clasp Of
AMI the appearance Of the skiuislke that6f
the heels, singing hair, and bulning the skin
to blister, and in some instances deeH ir.o
the flesh. 965 ta w rsa
Eight gus standing by the tres were Dis
charged without injury to the gaua CJr4c
poral John Taylor, Company |, AMI priYatp
John Hcnse, Company |, were killed. -
Eight members OF the company were severe,
ly burned Those near the tree received
currents of fluid, which ran along bodies, -.
Those at a distance bore the appearance on \
their skins Of having stood in the srat.erJ
and corruscations Of molten iron from trip
hammer. Three men Of the Second Jinit!h
ed States Battery were killed. A white fouF
mule team, with driver and negro tmana 4
on the opposite side Of the river wore kill !;
ed. '@ s4
Examining the topography Of the conn,
try, am of the opinion that the vast Nun
Der OF arms, fiuskctsnnd steel cannon, drew
those two clopts together over that spot y III. \
it was no higher than many hills in tls aig
course in the s,icinity Yhc' clouds passaH
low in their whole ,rout for miles, but Jla
not unite .linitt nor discharge until arriysag,
over the Sixteenth corps, which was eafn,5
ed close together. n x
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