Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-04-14
Excentricities OF Rnllets.

At the battle of Peach Orchard when
Mcclellan was making his change of
base, Michigan infantryman fell to
the ground as if shot stone dead, and
was left lying in heap as the regiment
changed position. The ball which hit
him first struck the barrel of his gun.
glanced and struck button of his coat,
tore the watch out of his vest pocket,
and then struck the man just over the
heart, and was stopped there by song
book in his shirt pocket. He was u.s-
conscious for three-quarrers of an hour,
and it was full month before the black
and blue spot disappeared At Pitts
burg Landing a member of the 18th
Michigan regiment of infantry stopped
to give wounded man drink from
his canteen. While in the act, a bullet
aimed at mis- breast, struck the canteen,
turned aside, passed through the body
of a man and buried itself in the leg of
horse. The canteen was split opeu.
and dropped TO the ground in halves.
Al the second battle of Bull Run as
a New York infantryman was passing
his plug of tobacco to Il eomrade, 4
bullet struck the plug, glanced of, and
buried itself IN a knapsack. The tobacco
was rolled up ike bali Of shayinps.
and carried hundred feet away. Di-
rectly in the line oft bullet was the
head of a lieutenant, and had not the
bullet been detected, he would certain
ly have received il. As it was he had
both ears filled with tobacco dust. and
had to be led to the rear. At Brandy
Station, one of the Clusters troopers had
his left stirup-strap cut away by
grape-shot, which passed bt tween his
leg and the horse, bliSterlng his skin
as if red-hot iron had been used. He
dismounted to ascertain the extent of
his injuries, and as he bent over q bull
let knocked his hat off and killed his
horse. In the same fight was a trooper
who had suffered several davs with
toothache. In hand-to-hand fight he
received pistol ball III his right cheek.
1t knocked out his aching double-tooth
and passed out of the left-hand corner
of his mouth, taking along part of an
upper tooth. The JOY of being rid of
the toothace was so great that the
trooper could not he made to 90 to the
rear tc have his wound dressed. An
object, however trifing, will turn the
bullet from its true course. This was
shown one day at the remount camp
in Pleasant Valley. They had "buil
pen" there in which about five hundred
bounty jumpers and other hard cases
wore under guard. Once in while
one of these men would make break
for liberty. Every sentinel in position
would open fire, and it did not matter
in the least If the man ran toward the
| crowded camp. On this occasion the
| prisoner made for the camp and as
many as six shots were fired at him
/ without effect. One of tie bullets en-
tered the tent of a captain in the 18th
Pennsylvania cavalry. He was living
down, and the course Of the bullet
would nave buried it in his chest. For
\ tunately for him, candle by which
he was reading, sat on a stand between
him and where the bullet entered.
This was struck and cut square in
two, and the lighted end dropped
to the floor without being snuffed
out. The ball was DETECTED,
and buried in the pillow under the Off
GERS head, passed out of that and
through his tent into the one behind it,
passed between two men and brought
up against camp kettle. There Is in
Detroit, Mich, a..man who was wounded
| i've times In less than ten minutes, at
Fair Oaks. The first bullet entered his
left arm; the second gave him a scalp
md; the third hit him in the foot;
the fourth buried itself in his shoulder;
the fifth entered his right leg. While
he was being carried to the rear, the
first two men who took him were killed.
While his wounds were being dressed,
an exploded shell almost buried him
under an avalanche Of dirt. In being
removed further tc the rear, runaway
ambulance horse carried him half a
mile and dumped him out, and yet he
is seemingly hale and hearty, and
walks without limp.-Deroa FTet
Press.