The daily gazette., 1882-05-16
E0oENTRTo BULLETS.
s.,,,a of tho Curious Franks Tney FiAs :"
some " nr,.ngr Mad Career.

- :, ,ha Curious Franks They Play IN
sO'n0 v Their Mad Career.
.. hattie Of Peach Orchard, when
Az Wocleljan was making his change oi
Gen Michigan infantryman fell 70 the
base, a. n shot dead, and was left lying
grouhhu ghsa, as the regiment changed position
IN henP en which hit him first struck the bar
Ine SI,i h,s gnn. glanced and struck button
rel o. nao oat tore the watch out of his pocket,
on n1 ntr,,ck the man Just over the heart, and
anu stonned there by a song book In his
VIZ WV. orctet He was unconscious for three
snlr. .,prs Pf of an hour, and 1t was full month
gqoSore quS tbe black and blue spot disappeared
peV \. p,ttaburg Landing q member OF the
r.EoIab Michigan Regiment Of Infantry
l."oned L",r to give wounded man drink irom
UPtean sooP While in the act bullet, aimed
y, '1 his breast, struck the canteen, turned
~ s,ia hi' nassed through the body Of q man,
aSlII, SS 5,ured itself in the leg Of horse. The
asUteen a"u cen was split open, and dropped to the
gr9anIh me - second battle of Bull Run, as
Nsw York infantryman was passing his plug
~ tobaceo to q comrRde, bullet struck the
Il Zinc glanced off, and buried itself in a
Enansack. The tobacco was rolled up like
: ba Of shavings, and carried a hundred
Sset away. Directly In the line OF the bullet
was the head of lieutenant, and had not
,hc bullet been detected he would certainly
have received 1t. As 1t was, he had both
owes filled with tobacco dust, and had to be
led to the rear.
| Al Brandy station one of Clusters troopers
had his left stirrup strap cut away by
grape shot which passed between his leg and
the horse, blstering his skin as If red-hot
nn had been used. He dismOunted to
ascertain the extent OF his injuries, and as
he bent over a bullet knocked his hat off
and killed his horse. In the same fight was
! troOper who had suffered several days with
toothache. In q hand-to hand fight he
received pistol ball In his right cheek. 1t
nassed out of the left hand corner of his
mouth. taking along a part of an upper
tooth, The 10y of being rid of the tooth
ache was so great that the soldier could not
be made to go to the rear and have his
wound dressed. ..a.
ANY object, however trihing, will turn a
bullet from It's true course. This was shown
one day at the remount camp In Pleasant
Valley. They had "bull-pen" there, In
which about 500 bounty jumpers and other
hard cases were under guard. Once in a
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
ifthe 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 the bullets
entered the tent of captain in the Twelfth |
Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was lying down,
and the course OF the bullet would have
buried it in his chest. Fortunately 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 officers head, passed out of that and /
through his tent into one behind 1t, passed
between two men and brought up against a
camp kettle.
Tsere is in Detroit, Michigan, a man who
was wounded five times in less than 10
minutes at Fair Oaks. The first bullet en-
tered his left arm the second gave him a
scalp wound the third hit him In the foot
|lle fourth buried itself in his shoulder the
mn entered his right leg. While he was
|pelng carried to the rear the first two men
VINO took him were killed. While his
wounds were being dressed an exploded
flell almost buried him under an avalanche
II dlt' In being removed farther to the
geaf runaway ambulance horse carried
lllh nall mile and dumped him out. and
y he Is seemingly hale and hearty, and
halks without limp.