The Red Cloud chief., 1891-07-17
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Yes he vas IN A neat housemaid
ushered me into the library and there
found Gen. Pulford enjoying . tete-a-
tete with his charming young wiSc.
while their noble boy-the child OF his
old a~ge-prattled ON the rug ut their
feet The veteran extended his usua
genial welcome. and ~ 10 shake hands
with ~ much ~aiacrity a. IL he did NOT
arr q LOT Of rebel lead hidden In his
bones
His friend and comrade. Cen q. NJ
Poe, says Of Gen Pulford:
"A more gallant man than Gen Pull
ford never walked the face Of the earth
and the records show L. ! was In the
same brigade with him. although mo-
in the same regiment, but his courage
and g.llantry was confined by no regi-
mental limits. II was known and
recognized through the entire army"
Gen. Pulford served through the en-
tire war and il is believed that he is h
only man who ever survived being
struck by a solid shot from q cannon
A. Malvern Hill he was lying on his
face with others Of his regiment, the
Fifth Michigan volunteer infantry.
when q solid shot from . rebel cannon
half a mile away rebounded in the air
40 feet in front, and fell on him, strik-
ing him on the left side of the head
The shock threw him mp three feet In
the air. split his skull. and pulverized
his collar bone. His comrades picked
him up, leaned him against a tree. and
left him there To die.
A day or two after he disappeared
and they telegraphed home TO his wife
that he was dead and his body missing.
Two weeks afterwards he was discov-
cred in Libby prison where he had been
tenderly cared for by his fellow prison
ers. but he was delirious with pain and
attacked everybody who approached
him.
The prison authorities took the first
opportunity Of exchanging the poor fell
low and he was sent to baltimore
where he lay for two months in the
hospital. never speaking a word Sud
denly one day he opened his eyes aud
took up life where il had left him on the
battlefield
The manacles and chains which had
restrained him while violent were re-
moved and the soldier Of iron constitu-
ton recovered, went back to his regi-
ment and lived "a have his back broken
and both arms partially disabled in the
h,tfla ~ the Wilderness besides heinp
wounded in the knee at Boydtowu
plank road.
Gen. Pulford did some harder fighting
after the war, when he fought the For
ty-fourth congress for the maintenance
Of his rank in the army and n pension
commensurate with his shattered con-
dition- He finally won. His victory
was established upon this clause in the
report:
1T is considered that he has riskcd his per
son, rs an oraccr. In double rs many engage
mcnts and actually commanded q regiment In
more battles than the oldest regiment In the
United State. army has participated in since
fits original organization In 100"
1t does not often happen that q man
lives Z O read his own obituary even
once, but Gen. Pulford has had this cx-
nericuce twice in the course of his va
ried life. The first wac when he was
reported dead on the battlefield of Nal
vern Hill. the other when he vas
stricken down with n stroke OF paraly-
sis, the result of his wounds. some four
years ago. When he recovered it was
not deemed hest To let him know how