The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-05-08
CAMPFIRE STORIES.
MouMnEn uMT0 DEATH.
studies Maio On Tho i'Itllp-iiplds Of tho
Oiyii War,

tho bono, Had ! been m health and
yigor could have oraWlod away oil tho
field pf battle, but had bHm out of tho
hospital only q iew days and really had
no business In tho ranks. got out q
bandage and checked tho Aow Of blood
aa we'll as I could, and then got into tho
most comfortable position 10 wait tho
turn Of events, The knowledge thatmy
wound wRs not q fatal ono, anl the boz
lief that I would not even lose my log,
kept me IN pretty good spirits and I
saw and heard all that went on around
mo-
Near by we're three men who were
m0rtaly wounded, The one at my foot
was strong and robust man aud had
his loft hip shattered by piece Of she'll,
lle had been unconscious irum the shock
for long tlmo, hut when ho came 10 hG
bCpRn ~ swear In tho most vigorous
manner, lle had wiio and children Al
home but ho did not seem 10 give thom
o thought lle Rw0ro nt his wound, NJ
tho enemy a. the battery bohnd us, at
himself Tor cnlIsting, and 100 mo whom |
asked II could help him. lIe dlod
while indulgIng In q strain Of profanity,
and ho had soawely laIuu back whom
one OF thc others roWi Up and wont
through tho same proceeding and died
exactly tho same way,
When Iu0 Hooker 1ung u3 at tho tor,
rIhle stone wall at the loot Of Mayoa
Nm Iu tho atreeta Of fredericksburg /
had my cap knocked on by o bullot,
Then second struck mg muskot, and
q third tore tho cloth on my lotl shoul,
der know I 6hould h0 hit but did
not f0cl the bullet Wh|.I u'nwrd Int1
my right shoulder, Tho nmt know /
began 10 grow dia6y, pud nl uD once !
Hanl, down in heap, lam sure I faint,
cd away for things had changed whom
once more Oponod my oEnH our lines
had hoon driven back AMI iun Confoder'
atcs were cheering Tho Nwl thing waa
| 10 reach for my cante0n, which WAS for,
tuuhtcly fun Of watoE Tho next wua
70 feel for % bndagO and H'Ut tho soft
cloth into the wound aa wu'l ag I could,
Dead aud dying men Wuro lying all
about me, and here / HlN IWo different
phases Of humunnaturo udwauicrlug,
A young man who lay uu lbu broad Of
his back close 10 me, and who had boon
shot la the stomach, awurU HE pirate
Tor about Ave minutes before h0 died.
| Another soldier who W1g older aud d
far heavier man, sat un 100 my right
hand piece OF shell N1l stwclJ him
In the aldo Instead Of wearing ho foil
20 Weeping, Ito hadn't % word about
home or trlondU, but mU.'orol chat II
WASH fair 10 shoot him du1n that way,
and that ho was always lH bad luck, aud
thoro were tcaH on hIa oNuulR whom he
broathod Nls last
II touches Che heart torood Of q burial
party finding "a dead soldier with hin
Bible or some loved one photograph In
his hand, but ! uoyor cDmu across any
thing Of the bort huIpod bury tho
dead on thirteen dlicronO loldb Of bat
tlo, but never found any thing Of the
sort A man wounded unto doNth viii
olthor swear ot cpy, Whore ho docs
neither ho will crawl away by himself
TO die aud hold his puwu, What he
thinks Of no ono can tp.l but have
found plenty OF thom who evidently
llyod for an hour after being ht, and
who had Bihloa or photographs with
thom and could hayo got thum out but
dll not
have always believed that tho man
who was murtully wounded and had only
q short time 10 live nlly realized tho
situation, Tholr actions always proved
II in pititul way, / kaow throo broth.
ors 90 bo mortally wounded 10y the Same
sholl at Antiotam, Thoy woro very
alloctionnto towards each other go much
so that II was subject Of romRr, Tho
sontImontallst would picture thcm dy.
Ing IN each othors arms and bidding
each other goodbye, but this was FAR
from the case, Ono Of thom, as 70 wound-
cd man told me, sworc In an awful way,
q second wCpt while tho third kept his
peace, Each cropt away In q dllIcront
direction to die, and lhurO wasa distance
OF hundred fcot between tholr dead
hhAlNN NN'll W. lNNlN IN'lh
In assisting TO bury the dead At Got
tygburP, our party oamo across q soldier
from u Now York regiment whose dead
face was almost laughing, He had boon
wounded In the breast, and could not
have lived over AftCon minutes, llo
must have suffered terribly whilo dying
but No the last moment the pain left
him and ho was free, This was no doubt
what brought tho smile 10 his faco-a
smile OF rejoicing and relief After tho
fight at williamsburg We found sol.
dior who had died from shot In the
groin, He had takCn thirty dollars from
his pocket and placed i. under hls body
torn up two letters, and had spread q
handkerchief over his face, and passed
away 30 quietly that his countonOnco
betrayed mono OF tho pain which must
have been hig
Az Winchester, as tho ConfcdcrOtcs
were driven back across the Borryyillo
Pike and through the town, q portion Of
them made q stand In graveyard, |
helped to collect and bury tholr bodies,
ono OF Lhem had boon shot through tho
right lung, and ho fell across tho grave
OF woman who had boon burlod years
before, Her tombstone was timo.staincd
and rusty, and he dipped his nngor In
his blood and traced the initials "M =,
g." on the inside surface Of the stono,
Thoh, Oh II frightened at tho prospect OF
dying ON grave, he dragged himself
over tho grass 10 u vacant lot and
broathod his last undor tree, Tho dis
tanco was fully Rfty foot and he loft
bloody trail TO mark his way Another
doOd Confederate In tho sumo inclosurc,
who had boon shot In the sido, walked q
distance OF ten rods, as we could 500 by
the bloody trail, and then cropt undor
thick tree and died. Whom we pulled
the body out he held largo stone tight
ly clutched in his right hand, as II in.
tending 10 use II for u weapon Detroit
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