The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-02

and the victim was nearly we'll. BY diI
Of much arguing aud some scoldin
on my part the field hospital was reached
and the surgeons said the case was hope
ful and 'just in time" Had the ma
been allowed 10 await death on the fiel
IL would have come through too cordia
: awelcome, or from loss Of blood.
Tho highly wrought spirit Of
wounded man may, and often does
: struggle with the falling flesh. vii
give an instance more remarkable thai
any heretofore cited, because there wa
no anger, but simply sudden excitement
for a cause. Two soldiers we're practis
ing at bayonet exercise and became YER
much warmed up, a. men do In boxing
match. Finally, when one Of then
made lunge ut the breast Of the other
the muzzlc was knocked down slightly
by the opposing piece and q discharge
followed, the bullet going through the
groin. With this frightful wound,
given at a couple Of feet at the most, the
fortunate man kept tight grip on his
piece, staggered forward, and made ftful
lunges at his opponent, who dropped his
gun and ran. terrified by the unearthly
stare and grimace and the frcnzied &C.
tons Of the other. II was supposed that
the balls had been drawn, and the man
whose gun went of did not know at
once that the charge was fatal. The in
jurcd man gave chase for fow PAGES
and then fell dead.
The conduct Of wounded men after an
interval | do not propose to describe.
80 soon as the mind gets settled down TO
the new order Of things individual tenn
permanent resumes entire control.
The cases In the civil war that have
been cited In this article may excite curl
osity as to others, and add few, some
OF which have been referred to in re-
Gently published narratives. Gen. Ma
thaniel Lyon, at Wilson's Creek, received
a bullet in the left breast while he was
riding at the head Of charge. He
slowly dismounted and said TO his or
derly, ~ am killed. then expired.
Gen. W. II. Lytle, at Perryville, had a
ghastly wound in the head and when
one OF the men proposed to carry him
from the field, he said: "No, am done
for. stand by your colors." A Confed-
crate surgeon afterward attended him and
saved his life. AT Chickamauga, while
bleeding from three severe wounds, Lyle
headed charge and was killed instantly.
Gen. Joseph Il. Johnston, commanding
the Confederate army at Seven Pines,
was endorsed bya fragment of she'll that
struck him on the breast. At Shiloh
the Confederate leader, Gen. Albert Sgd
ney Johnston, while sitting calmly ons
his horse, had an artery Of the leg cut by
a Mimic ball. He spoke to his staff, gave
battle orders, and ut length, when he
had become very pale, said in answer
to an inquiry whether he was
wounded, Eyes, and fear seri-
ously." lie was lifted from the saddle
and soon died. His wound was not nee
essarily fatal. In the little fight with |
Forrest, at Parker's Cross Roads, Ten
nessee Col. John |. Rinakcr, of the
l22d Illinois, had an artery Of his leg |
severed. A compress was applied at /
once TO stop the flow of blood, but before /
the operation could be completed, Rina- /
kor saw the enemy breaking into the
rear of his line. He ordered his Lieu.
tenant-C Colonel, who was applying the |
TO about face the regiment and |
then the surgical attention was resumed |
and tho Colonel's life saved. Gen.
William Nelson, who fell in q per-
sonal affair with brother officer at the /
Gait House, 81, Louis, in 1869, was
hit near the heart by pistol ball. He !
was under excitement and was about to
ascend flight of stairs on an errand .
connected with the quarrel. After re-
ceiving the wound he kept on up the /
staircase, reached the second floor, and !
went some PAGES along the corridor be-
fore he fell. He conversed some with
friends and lived nearly an hour. Nelson
was man of strong build and rugged
Gen, Leonidas Polk, of the Confeder-
ate army, was hit by shell that passed
through his chest from left to right,
causing instant death. Gen. j. X.
Mansfield, who was MORALLY wounded at
Antietam, attempted TO make his horse
leap fence and carry him out of the
range Of fire. But the horse was wounded
also, and refused the jump, when the
General slowly dismountod and became
helpless at once. Gen. j. +. B. Stuart
was MORALLY wounded in little cavalry
combat while he was encouraging his
men in the most animated manner. The
were that he "reeled in his
saddle, his head bowed, and his hat fell
off, Yet he had sufficient self-control
10 send after a surgeon and to summon
The next in command. Then he was
aiken from his horse, and while being
borne from the field he appealed to his
men TO continue the fight, saying, IL
would rather die than be whipped" He
lived nearly day. Gen. John Sedg-
wick. killed at Spottsylvania, was hit by
bullet that penetrated the check under
he eye. He was standing at the time,
md fell so suddenly and SO heavily that
le carried down one Of his staff who
TODD alongside and attempted 10 stay
he fall, sedgwick expired instantly,
Without speaking.