Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-11
CURIOUS GuNshoI-WoUNps.
Some Unusual Cases Of yTen shot In
battle.
ATLANTA Constitution


CAPTAIN Tip Harrison's Office at the
Capitol il the room where the veterans OIL
the late war are wont TO congregate. Wnen
several OF the old soldiers who bear about
them the scars of battles meet reminis-
cences of the great struggle ere in order,
and some OF the stories toll, are very
thrilling. Yesterday the subject under
discussion was the remarkable manner III
which some men were wounded and re-
covered and were wounded again. Captain
Tip Harrison is responsible for the follow
ing ,.o. s;,tvsrst
Georgia regiment, said Captain Tip, was
one of the most remarkable men ever
knew. He was slender, cadaverous-look,;
ing man, with apparently no pbysicai,
strength; yet he lived through Whit wonid
have killed dozen ordinary men, and Is
alive to-day. In the early part of the war
he was shot through and through. Inc
ball struck the breast-bone and shattered
it. passed through his body and came
out within an inch Of his spine between
two ribs. After q desperate struggle Tor
life he recovered and rejoined his regii-
ment. At the battle Of Monoccasie creek
he was again wounded, tho ball entering
between the corresponding ribs ON the
other side of the spine and issuing from
the same hole that the first ball entered AT.
The second shot must have taken the pas
sage inside Muncies body that thu, first
ball made in going in the opposite direc,,
ton. He was in prison with me later, ana
appeared to suffer no unusual pain"
The case of Sergeant b. Il. Outright, VINO
is now on the Atlanta police force, was
cited as another remarkable instance. Ser
geant Outright was wounded in the right
arm, the ball passing through the llmD
f~..t tI,xf
liberated. and when herecovered he found
that though he had perfect use of his hand
he could not lift his arm above his head.
He was not disabled from using his wea-
pons. however, and returned to his com.
pany. Later in the war, at the battle or
Winchester, he was shot in exactly the
same place, except that the ball trayersed
his arm in the opposite direction. when
the inflammation subsidized, he found. TO
his surprise, that the stiffness OF hrs
muscles had almost entirely disappeared,
and he was soon able to use his arm as Wcil
as ever. -,
Lieutenant Leath was another man with
n remarkable experience. He was leading
his men INTO battle, when he received the
order to charge. The noise of the guns
and the shrIeks OF the wounded made II
necessary for him 10 give his orders at the
top of his voice. lie had his mouth wide
open calling out the word charge. when u
silver from shell struck him in the
cheek. 1t passed through his mouth with
ont touching single tooth and came ont
through the other check. leaving on each
side Of his head cash as clean as if cut by
"a razor. The wound became infamed,
and Leath, who was at the time near his
home, was given leave of absence for two
or three days. When he rode up to ms
mothers house his head was tea up with
bandages.
The Old lady rushed out when she saw
him coming, and cried: "Oh, my son,
where are you wounded 2"
Right through the head" he replied,
His mother, thinking the wound must be
fatal. sent for doctor without waiting for
explanations. When the medical man ar
rived he found Leath sitting at the dinner
table eating hearty meal.