Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-10-20

| or. stood, sponge stan In hand, at the
mussI~ ~ their guns, az, ride, in I,sm',
siood In battle line. Hut nearly all "f
them wer~ delirioas.
Wounded soldiers, 10 msiterri not how
slight the wound might be, grnersily
h,sirped away fro'n the hattie Iin-.
There ~err many exceptions TAI this
rule. as therr would ne,vs.srily be In
battle. where from ten Ia twenty
thousand men wrrr wounded. Is'f.nn-
ally .aw but two men Wounded abo
continued To light, bat ! saw miny
wounded soldier. inar,hln. With iheir
colors. During tie nr.t Day. nThilng
In the wilderness, saw youth ~
about ~ years skip aud slap hi. thigh.
iIc tunnel o. limp "a thu rear. After hc
had gone few steps he .topi'cl. i'rn
kicksi oat hl. leg onc- or tsisr io .c-
" Il w"u'd sork. tlrn tore th. clnihlng
away from hl. l.g ~ ne w s-~ the
w,und. IIr looke.i "a IL siirntiyrly for
an Instant. then kicked out hi. l,g az in.
Satisfied that be- va. not dsng"rously
" wounded u. pushed ~. wsy Into the
battle line anil r,sum.,l hing. Here
VAS considerable disorder In our Hue.
Individual soldiers moved now q fe.t few
TAI the right, now . fc~ feet Ia the lcfi, 10
hnd position from which they could
ace the Conf~lerstes.
tine 20 th--. movement. brought me
alongside of th. wounded man. could
see clearly from that position, and push
81 Into the gaping line. Ia . inmate or
twotbe wounded soldier dropped III. ride,
| clasped hi. left forearm aud exclaimed
~ am hit again" lie rolled up the
| sleeve. ~ his blouse and shirt. The
wound va. very slight. lie bound his
handkerchief around ", plckei up hls
ride ani sgsln took hls place In IN.
line. We fir-d together. and faced each
other ss We reloaded our riHe.. said:
"Nou seem Ia De- GA, ~ luck to-day.
You hal better grt out 81 this" Ills
eye. blsgcl with anger. lie swor that
be would not leave the line until he had
satisfaction for the wound. he had ~
ccl,ed. Suddenly hl. head Jerkri. lie
staggered, then fell, then gained hi
feet. 4 tiny fountain % blood, bone,
teeth and bits ~ tongu. burst out ~
hls mouth. lie had been .bot through
| the laws. Ia. lower one va. broken
and hung down. looked directly Into
his open mouth, which va. ragged and
bloojei aud tongu.lc... lie ATTEMPTED
20 speak, snd, fndlng D. coald not, be-
east hl. rife furiou.ly on the grOani,
/ and, cla.ping al. broken Jaw With his
hands, staggered to "a. r-ar.
Next day, Will. hghting on the Sec
ond Corps line. hcsni the peculiar cry
Q stricken man utters q. the ballet tears
through hi fe.h turned Ia .e- Who
was hlt. .aw . BEARDED lri.hman pull
up hi shirt. lie had been wounded In
the left side, ja.t below the floating rlbs.
"iou ARE done for, my boy" I aid Ia
myself
IN. ih.hm,n looked st the wound.
The color left hi face. The upllft.'i
shirt fell from hi. hands. lie leaned
against q tr,. for an in.taat. q. though
to gather strength ani a. nerve him.slf.
Then b. lifts'i hi. shirt ag,in, AMI after
looking Al hi. wound, gently pokcd u
With 10 hi. powder blsekrne'I index IN
s-rs. IL fu'hoi reilly and grinn.d
broadly With lnisa.e ati'faction. IL
tucked his shirt under hi. trous"rs, pick
81 up hls ride sDi ~. hghilng In the
ranks before had tnl.hcd loadlng my
muskct. The ball had cut gupoye Ia
the .kin only. The play 81 thl' nan.
face sas 90 expressive, ani his emotion.
changed az quickly, that laughed aloud.
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