The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-02-04

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At tho bettle q Peach Orchard, whs1
Mcclellan was making hjs change q
booe, NichlGan infAntrymea fell g
tho 1rOond = II shot Stone dead, ooo
W. lelt lying I'm heap - the Heg3ment
changed position. The hall which hit
him llrst struck the barrel Of his gun,
Rlanced and struck . button OF his coat,
tore the watch out OF his vest pocket,
and va stopped there by . song book
i'm his shirt pocket. He was uncOn-
sci' % for three quarters Of an hour, and
it was full . month before the black and
blue mark disappeared. At Pittsburg
Landing, . member Of the Twelfth
Michigan regiment of infantry stopped
to give . wounded man q drink from
his canteen. While in the act, . bullet
aimed at his breast, struck the canteen,
turned aside, passed through the body
of man and buried itself in the leg of
q horse. The canteen was split open,
and dropped to the ground in halves.
At the second battle of Bull Run, as q
New York intantryman was passing his
plug of tobacco tn a c0nlrade, bullet
struck the plug, glanced off and buried
itself In knapsack. The tobacco was
rolled up like ball Of shavings and
carried a hundred feet away. Directly
in the line Of the bullet was the head Of
u lieutenant. and had not the bullet
been detected, lie would have certainly
received it. AS it was, he had both eyes
filled with tobacco dust, and had to Ike
led to the rear. At Brandy station one
Of Clusters troopers had his left stirrup
strap cut away ~ grape shot, which
passed between his leg and the horse,
1T. III. .1,:, r H.
had been Used. He .'isnnounted to as
certain the extent Of his injuries, and as
he bent over, Il bullet knocked his hat
off and killed his morse. In the same
fight was Il trOODer who had suffered
several days with a tOOthacl,e. In q
hand-,O-h nj fight he received q pistol
hall in his right cheek. Ii knocked out
his aching double tooth, and passed out
Of the LETT hand corner 0f his mouth,
taking along Il part of an upper tooth.
The joy Of being rid OF the toothache
was 50 great that the trO"per could not
wound dressed. Any object, however
tritIiny, will turn tile hSllct from its
true course. This was Shown one day
ut the reIil"nt c:i,ilp in Pleasant Valley.
They had 4 ''iuil Irn"t ere. in which
about five hundred! bounty jumpers and
other hard eases were under guard.
Once in while one Oi'tiiesc men would
make T. break for liberty. Every scnti-
mel in position would open fire. and it
did not matter in the least il the men
ran toward the crowded camp. On this
Mssasien the prisoner made for the
camp. and As many as six shots were
fired at him without effect. One Of the
bullets entered the tent Of Il captain in
the Twelfth Pennsylvania cavalry. He
was; lying down and the course Of the
bullet would have buried itself in his
chest. Fortunately for him, II candle hy
which he WAS rt:.tlin. set on Il stand lt.-
tween him and where the bullet entered.
This was struck and cut square III two,
and the lighted end dropped to the
floor without being snut!;sl out. The
hall was detected, and birir! in the
pillow under tn. officers head, l,ass&sl
out and through his tent into one l,e-
hind It, passed between two men anil
brought up again>ta camp kettle. There
is in Detroit, Michigan. Il man who was
wounded five times i'll less than ten
minutes ut Fair Oaks. The first bullet
entered his left arm; the second gave
him scalp wound 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
bnrries! him under an avalanche Of dirt.
IL being removed further 1" the rear. Il
runaway ambulance horse carried hin;
:; half mile and dumped him out, and
Yet he Is seemingly hale aIl! hearty,
and walks without Il limp.