Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-08

king bis escape he hsd met with the sama ao
fate as he of whom sacred writ informs u,
g He burst asunder, and all his bowels ran .,,t+
out Leaving the guilty culprit
with the miserable fruits Of Ris das- 2 10
tardly act Ayould remark that, fearing e ef'F
capture eYeEy moment and ths import ,aai -
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ination of the remaining contents andRs1 saw
making all speedp We proceeded in the di- Il a17ol
rectlon entered the woods an hour or is- "a
more before Emerging ffom the woods ~
we bore to the Southwest, IN which direc-
tion wagon trains and anbulan- iis
ces. The first ambulance to which lws f7a'o7q
made known our mission refused to go.--- Fi---rg
Proceeding further we came tO two more
when we requested the foremost one to 90
with us and seeing three officers riding 2
up toward US, we explained 10 them oar siif
object, when they informed Us they were 7
part of his staff and were very anxious to
get him. So taking the first ambulance,
we piloted them to the spot and -da
then a most thrilling scene took place that u
l shall never forget. Looking down the
woods from the ambulance, 1 saw the reb-
el skirmishers steadily advancing, and
thinking the staff officers were not fully l-s
aware OF the n danger we were in (as had BE-
bo dsDa - them ISIsq Ivio.I1 U uiTrlO @ sa 10
from the ambulance and, to my SURPRISE
confronted an armed rebel. Seeing We rt
were in desperate circumstances, rushed
TO inform the staff officers, who were now
carrying his body out efthe woods, and 80
informed them that the rebels were now s5si5s
closing in around US. and the necessity Of div
all who had reyolyers being ready to use a
them belive they al drew them, and
endeavOred as best l could to assist in car
rying his body to the ambulance. We
shin. 81. him IN as best we could under such 8
every moment a cannon ball or shell
would crash the ambulance or kill
the mules) and whirling swiftly around, sToi
we drove of at perfect gallop. with rebel q
shot and shell and mimic balls hurled in a
perfect storm after US. But, fortunately,
no one was hurt. So great was the dan
ger that we had to drive with fearful "a 9d
pidity nearl three-tOurtn7 OF miles be- %
fore we could properly and comfortly adj
lust the Generals body. 1 onlyremember
the name of one of these staff officers and 20 o ti
that is Lieutenant Colonel Strong. There gA6
was also a Captain and a first Lieutenant.
would remark that the officers acted
with determined bravery; in fact all did,
and the cOOlness of my wounded COM
panion WIS really sublime amidst severe
suffering from his arm
After tho rescue, We drove TO General
Sherman's headquarters the body was
taken out and carried into the house to 3
be examined General Sherman seemed s8.ss..i
deeply afflicted at the sight, My wounded
companion was then taken to the Mediaal
Director, where his wound was dressed
and taken care of. Helwas wounded by a i +H
mimic ball through the left arm Just above ytlil
the elbow. He went through the exciting fr5a
circumstances from the time he was
wounded to the time he was taken to the
hospital before he had it dressed which o3dw
must have been nearly five hours. The wi
General was wounded think about half
rPo6sls sl,It tbras pm He lived ab.nt 81 @
ore hour after he was wounded. % I1.-Al3gu rs