Wichita eagle., 1890-01-31
QUEER GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
Remarkable Stories About Men Who Were
Shot Oh the Battlefield.

B0n7rkAS4e stories A DoEs Men VINO were
Shot the Battlefield.
Capt Tip Harrison's office at the Capitol h
the room where the veterans of the late war
are wont to congregate. When several OF
the old soldiers who bear about them the
scars of many battles meet, "reminiscences OF
the great struggle are in order, and some of
the stories told are very thrilling. Yesterday
the subject under discussion was the remark
sble manner in which some men were wound
ed and recovered and were wounded again.
Capt. Tip Harrison is responsible for the fol-
lowing:
'Lieut. M1ncie, Of the Sixty-6rst Georgia
regiment said Capt. TIP, twas one Of the
most remarkable men | ever knew. He was
slender, cadaverous locking man, with sp-
parently no physical strength, yet he lived
through what wouh have killed dozen
ordinary men, and is alive today. In the
early part of the war he was sfIOt through
and through The bali struck the breast
bone and shattered it, passed through his
body, and came out within an inch OF MS
spine between two ribs. After desperate
struggle for life he recovered, and regained
his regiment. At the battle ct Monaccasie
Creek he was again wounded, the ball enter
ing between the corresponding ribs on the
other side Of his spine, AID issuing from the
same hole that the first ball entered at. The
second shot mist have taken tho passage In
side Muncie's body that the first ball made in
going in the opposite direction. He was in
prison with me later, ano appeared TO suffer
no unusual pain"
The case of Sergt. B. F. Outright, who Is
now on the Atlanta police force was cited as
another remarkable instance. Sergt. Curt
right was wounded in the right arm, the bali
passing through the limb from the front. The
muscles were badly lacerated, and when he
recovered he found that, though he had per-
feet use of his hand, he could not lift his arm
above his head. He was not disabled from
using his weapons. however, and returned to
his conpapy Later In the war, at the battle
of Winchester, he was shot in exactly the
same place, except that the ball traversed his
arm in the opposite direction. When the III
hammation sunsided he found TO his sur
prise. that the stiffness Of his muscles had
almost entirely disappeared, and he was soon
able to use his arm as well as ever.
Lieut. Leash was another man with a re-
markable experience He was leading his
men into battle when ne received the order
to charge. The noise of the guns and the
him b. give his orders at the top of his voice.
He had his mouth wide orap, calling out the
word charge, when a silver from she'll
struck him in the cheek. 1t passed through
his mouth without touching a single tooth
and came out through the other cheek, ieav-
inc on each side of his head cash as cieen
as if cut by razor. The wound became In
famed, and Leath, who was as the time pear
his home was given leave of absence for two
or three DAYS When he rode up to his moth
er's house his head WAS tied up with band
ages.
The old lady rushed out when she saw him
coming and cried: "Oh, my son, where are
you woundedF
Fright through the head" he replied.
His mother, thinking the wound must be
fatal. sent for q doctor without waiting for
explanations. When the medical man ar
rived he found Lea5h sitting at the dinner
table eating hearty meal.-AuAnta Consti-
tuition.