The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-09-26
lid the General, repeating my ques.


wound was quite different. The ball
entered between the second and third
toes and traversed my entire foot. |
can describe the sensation only by
saying that it seemed as if had been
struck Il Whack by one of the largest
planets. or as if some lunatic comet
haG sirayed out of its orbit and Sc
lected me for lts particular victim.
Ii was feeling of such comprehen-
sive collapse and hewilderment that
u seemed as If l should meyer recover
frOm the immediate shock. Then
came the sensation of faintness, re-
suiting from loss of blood. and the
pain. The only liquor tasted dur
ing the whole war was that given
To me after Corinth. They thought
1t STAYED off the IocKjaw."
"How does it feel to be shot ?'was
asked of Col. Stone. NJ. c.. of Ken,
tucky, VINO goes about with one leg
and two crutches.
II don't know. was on Morgan's
raid. and in the fight of June II, ut
Cynthians, got my hi:. l didn't
fe the stroke. and didn't know
was hit. but | knew that my walk
ing machinery was out of gear. All
felt was slight tWitch of the Dul-
1T at my trousers leg, such as u cat
might make with IA playful claw, to
remind me she was there. But
could not stand on my leg, aud its
feeling was suddenly deadened.
felt the loss OF its support, and tried
to brace myself with Il gun. Then /
knew | must fall, and l twisted and
fell up hill. lay on the field all day
and all night"
did you ever dodge, Colonel ?"
"Ye5, | never failed to dodge hut
| suppose it did no good. You can
not see any sort of missile. and you
can not hear the spit of a bullet when
it Is coming, but only when it is 20.
ing"
1t isn't the luck of every man who
has been three times successfully
made target, and the fourth time
slashed with sword, to come Out
with his body as sound as the day he
entered the service. That's the luck
experienced by Hon. James Laird, o.
Nebraska, who, besides having the
usual number of arms and legs pos
sessed by other nOrtals, has for years
been cOunted physically one of the
most powerful men in the House.
Senator HawIey entered the wal
for the Union AS Il private. and came
out as a Maior-General in command
of Richmond, but he was never hit
"Have come pretty near it," he says
"Horse shot under me. and clothes
TOUCHED here and there, but never
actually scratched. made up my
mind it was of no use to dodge, for
saw one of my men dodge behind t
tree once as we were moving up the
hill toward Richmond. and he fel
dead in his tracks after he got DehInC
the tree. apparently safe"
Col. Herbert, in the House, frou
Alabama, stopped four bullets, tht
last one at short range, rendering hi:
left arm useless. 1T felt" he said
'ju1t as if my shoulder had beer
scared with caustic; in fact believe
the ball was still hot when l inter
rupted its flight.
Gen. VIM. c. Oates. NJ. c.. of Ala
bama, was one of the worst shot mer
who served on either side and We
lived to tell the tale. He was Sc
verely wOnnded six times, and lef
his right arm in front of Richmond
after having taken part in twenty
seven battles.
Col. Maish. M. G., of the Nine
teenth Pennsylvania District, was
wounded early in the morning at the
battle of Antietam, where he was
acting Lieutenant-Colonel of The
130th Pennsylvania Volunteers. A
rifle-b ball entered his right lung and
still remains there, having been en-
cysted. For five years after he had
been wounded the Colonel told ht
suffered from severe hemorrhages anG
although the wound now d0esn'
trouble him much it will indicate the
approach of "a storm in a rather un
pleasant manner. The first sharl
pain was followed by dull. heavy
depressing sensation, and he didn'
know which was the worst. He go
another leaden Confederate souvenir
at Charlottesville afterward. Col
Maish has that bullet now, and treas
ures it highly. 1t is flattened Ou
from having come in contact with
the bone, and distinctly shows the
imprint of the blouse, even to the
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