Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17
Close Calls.

81 The battle Of Peach Orchard, Whoa
McUiellso was makirg lis change Of base,
6l;cAis, U iutautryman fell to the ground as if
shot stoLc dead, and Was lcft lying in heap
rs The regiment changed position. The ball
which hit iD frat struck the barrel of bis gun,
sauc;d aad s,uci button off bis coat. tore
tho watch out Of Lis vcss pocket, aud then
str0ck The maD lSt ever the hoart, and was
stopped lhero by song hook in bis shirt pocket.
lie was unconscious for three quarters of 40
h1ur, aud it wss foil month before tho black
and blue spot oisappea cd.
at Plt;sGurg Landing member Of the 18th
Michigan luiaulry stopped down to give swouud,
ed msu drink from his canteen. While in
this &C, bullet aimed at his hresst struck the
caatccp, (urncd aSide, passed through the body
Of nau AID buried itself 10 the leg of horse.
Inc cantetn was split open. and dropped to the
ground 10 halves.
At the second battle of Bull Run, as a Now
York rtantrymao was passing his plug of to-
baec1 to comrade bullet struck tho plug aud
glanced off and buried itself 10 knapsack. The
tobacco was rolled up like ball Of shavngs,
| AID carried hundred feet away. Directly in
llnc al tue tail vas the head Of lieutenant,
and had net lbe bullet been d,l c:ed he would
otrtrinly rave received i. As it was he had
both eyes filled with tobacco dust and had 10 be
led TO the rear.
At Brandy station ono Of Cutters troopers
had Ii lett slrrup strap eut-away by grape-
shot, which passed between his leg aod the
horse. blIsteIing bis skin as if O red. hot iron
bad been used. He dismounlcd to ascertain tho
nature of lis injury, and IS BIO bent over, q
bIlot Knocked bis hat of and killed his horse.
| In The same tight was trooper who had suffer.
| &C several Days with tOothscho. 10 hand,
! 10 hand fight he received pistol ball 10 the
| tight cbe,k. l. knocked out his aching double
tooth, and passed out at tho left hand corner Of
| bis mouth, taking part Of en- upper tooth along.
The Joy OF being rid of the toothsche was 80
great that tho trooper could not be made to 20
70 the rear to have his wound dressed.
| An object, no matter how trifiing, will turn
o bullet from it's trua course. This was shown
ono day at the remcupt camp 10 Pleasant Val-
| ley. They had "bull-pcn" there 10 which
about FIVE hundred bounty Jumpers and othor
hard c.ses wsrc u0der guard. Orco in while
one of these men would mako break for lib.
crty. Every sentinel 10 position would open
fire, end it cid net matter in The least il the man
rsn toward the crowded camp. Ga this occasion
q prisoner made for the Gimp, and as many as
6 4 shots were fred at him without effect. Oao
OF tho bullets cntercd tho tent of g captain 10
tho Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry. IIe was
lJug down, and the course Of tho bullet would
have buried it 10 bis chest. fortunately for him
| the candle BY which he was reading sat on
stand between him and where the bullet entered,
| This Was struck and cut square 10 two, and tho
| lighted end dropped to the floor without being
snulet out. the ball was denseted. and buried
| itself in the pillow under the officers head
pissed out OF that and through his tent, entered
one behind it, passed bttween two mon, and
brought up agalnet camp kettle.
| There is in Detroit to-day o man who was
| wounded five times in less than ton minutes at
Fair OAKS The FIRST bullet entered his left
| arm tho second gave him scalp wound; the
third hit him in the foot tho fourth buried it.
SCI in his shoulder; the fifth entered his right
| les. While he wss bcino carried to tho rssr The
| l:sl two men who took him were killed.. While
| MS wounds Wore being dressed an exploding
sholl almost huriod him under an avalanche Of
J dirt. IN being removed further to the rear q
| runaway ambulance horse carried him half a
milo and dumped him ont, and yet to-day he is
seemingly hale and hearty and walks without q
! limp.
A STRANGE IECIDENT.-A few days ago,
whilst riding in the mountain, MI. Fogs's at.
tenton WAS called to certain spot by pccu-
liar sound, csu:el by some animal in distress.
Mr., Fogg upon examination, found black
snake had secured in its coil young rabbit. and
was attempting to prepare for lis dinner the lit