The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-06-24
ECCENTRIcITIES OF BULLETS.

AT the battle Of Peach Orchard, when
Gen. Mcclellan was making his change
of base, Michigan infantryman fell to
the ground as if shot dead, and was left
lying in heap as the regiment changed
position. The ball which hit him, first
struc!. the barrel Of his gun, glanced and
struck button Of his coat, tore the
watch out of his pocket, and then struck
the man just over the heart, and was
stopped there by song book in his skirt
pocket. He was unconscious for three
quarters OF an hour, and it was a full
month before the black and blue spat
wholly disappeared,
At FittsDurs Landing a member of the
Twelfth Michigan Regiment of Infantry
stopped to give wounded man drink
from canteen. While in the act u bull
let, aimed at his breast, struck the can
teen, turned aside, passed through the
body Of q man, a.sd 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 Fun, as a
New York infantryman was passing his
plug of tobacco to comrade, bullet
struck the plug, glanced off, and buried
itself in kpapsack. The tonaeco was
rolled up lilo = ball Of shavings and car
ried hundred feet away. Directly in
the line of the bullet was the head of a
lieutenant, and had not the bullet been
defective he would certainly have re-
ceived it. As it was, he had both eyes
filled witt. tobacco dust, and had to be
led to the rear.
At Brandy Station one of Custer
troopers had his st;yrUp strap cut away
by a grape shot, which passed between
his les and the horse, blistering his skin
as if red-hot iron had been used. He
dismounted to ascertain the extent of his
injuries, and, as he bent over bullet
knocked his hat OF, and killed his horse.
In the same fight was 2 trooper who had
suffered several days with toothache. In
hand to hand fight he received a pistol
ball in his right cheek. 1t knocked out
his aching double tooth, and passed out
of the left hand corner of his mouth,
taking along part ct AZ ;;prer tooth. The
Joy of being rid of the toothache was 50
great that the soldier could not be in
duced to go to the rear to have his wound
dressed.
Aay object. however trlillng, will turn
Il bullet fran its true course. This was
shown one dag at the remount camp il
Pleasant Valley. They had a bull-pen
there, i'll which about five hHndiel bounty
jumpers and other hard cases were under
guard. Once i'll a while one of these
would make IA break for liberty. Every
seutinel that was in position would open
fire, and il did not matter in the least il
the man. ran toward the crowded camp.
On this occasion the prisoner made ioI
the camp, as many as six shot. were fired
at him without effect. bne Of the bull
lets entered the tent of a Captain in the
Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was
lying down. and the course of the bullet
would have buried in his chest. Fortu.
nately for him, a candle by which he was
reading sat on 4 stand between him and
where the bullet entered. This was
struck and cut square in two, and the
lighted part dropped to the floor without
being snutfed out. The ball was defect
ed and buried in the pillow under the
officers heat, passed out of that and
through the tent into the one behind il,
passed between two men and brought up
against camp kettle,