Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-07-04
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Detroit Free Press.1

Detroit Free Press.
At the Battle of Peach Orchard,
when Mcclellan was making his
change of base, a Michigan infan-
tryman fell to the ground as il shot
stone dead, and was left lying in q
heap as the regiment changed pc.
sition. The ball which hit him
first struck the barrel Of his gun,
glanced and struck button off his
coat, tore the watch out of his vest
pocket, and then struck the man
just over the heart, and was stop.
ped there by song book in his
shirt pocket. He was unconscious
for three-quarters of an hour, and
it was q full month tefore the
black and blue spot disappeared.
At Pittsburgh Landing q men,
Der of the Twelfth Michigan In
faptry stopped down to give a
wounded man a drink from his
canteen. While In this act bull
let aimed at his breast struck the
canteen, turned aside, passed
through the body of man and
buried itself in the leg of horse.
The canteen was split open and
dropped to the ground in halves.
At the second battle of Bull Run,
as New York infantryman was
passing his plug of tobacco to q
comrade, q bullet struck the plug
and glanced off and buried itself in
a knapsack. The tobacco was
rolled up like a ball of shavinge
and carried q hundred feet away.
Directly in front of the ball was
the head off Lieutenant, and had
not the bullet been DETECTED he
would certainl ~ have received it.
AS it was, he had both eyes filled
with tobacco dust, and had to be
led the rear.
At Brandy Station one OF Gus.
ter's troopers had felt his stirrup.
strap cut away by grape.shot
which passed between his leg and
his horse, blistering his skin as if a
red.hot iron had been used. He
dismounted to ascertain the nature
of his injuries, aud as he bent over
q bullet knocked his hat off and
killed his horse. In the same fight
was a trooper who had suffered sew.
eral days with toothache. In a
hand-to.hand fight he received a
pistol ball in the right cheek. 1t
Knocked out his aching double
tooth, and passed out Of the left.
hand corner of his mouth, taking
part of an upper tooth along. The
JOY of being rid of the toothache
was so great that the trooper could
not be made go to the rear to have
his wound dressed.
An object, no matter how trifling,
will turn bullet from its true
course. This was shown one day
at the ramount camp in Pleasant
Valley. They had o .'bull-penn
there, In which about five hundred
bounty-jumpers and other hard
cases were under guard. Once IN
q while one of these men would
make break for liberty. Every
sentinel In position would omen
fire, and 1t did not matter in the
least III the man ran toward the
crowded camp. On this occasion
q pr soner made for the camp, and
~ n.any as six shots were fired al
hai1 without effect. One of the
euif,ts entered the tent of o cap
e&ia In the Twelfth PennsyIvania
Cavalry. He was lying down, ard
the course of the bullet would have
bnried 1t in his breast, Forum.
atei1 for him, the candle by which
ne was reading sat on q stand be-
tween him and where the bullet
entered. This was struck and cnt
square In two, and the lighted end
afoEPed to the floor without being
sn9tied out. The ball was de.
and buried itself in the
pillow under the officers head.
passed between two men, and
brought up against camp.kettIe.
Thsre 10 In Detroit Z man who
wss wounded i've times il las |
m zen minutes at Fair Oaks.
fhs tlrst bullet entered his Ieft |
$685. ihe second gave him : scsip |
Y 2pugs the third hit him IN M
eel hefonrth buried itself in ia |
' 'Isi' s5 v:.! as Z entered his