The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01
HOW # FEELS
TO BE WOUNDED.
Views Of Persons Who Have Tasted
Of Hot Lead,
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HIT THEM.
some Did Not Realize for sometime
That They Had Been Shot-Othcrs
Had a Different Experience.
KichmOndcrs with Wounds.


"Ilow does 90 feel 90 be shot?'
a Times reporter asked this question
O. number of veterans who tasted icaa
during The war; They gave widely dll-
foreut replies Some OF them SAID that
during thc excitement OF battle the ordl-
marry flesh wound was not felt dlrecuy
a. was received while others contehded
that Che reverse was true.
"Oh yes. = was shot" said Common
wcaltlrs Attorney Richardson. 81 was
running like the mischief at the time.
a. was 600 Che battle of Second Mauas .as
end ! was hurrylug forward 90 the point
whore parkcrs Battery had been ordered.
AL of a sudden bail struck me in the
feshy par. of my right lex. Il zen down
Immediately Didn't feel itf why, 1
tluue1 "a cyclone had struck me- me
pain was Intense That was Sal urday.
lay ou tle field until wednesday morn
iur Somehow 4 was overlooked by the
Coufcdoratts when tne yWere gathering
up their wounded. The Federals gave
me few drinks of water d.d not suffer
Cor food. Tuesday afternoon ihe piolhhs
Got sun came down upon me and sank
iu.p uncunse.Ousue. Ilc next tAlns
j Know, v.. that IaIu was pouring down.
Tl.t was carly wednesday morning.
During the day 7 hailed "a wagon going
Dob WIrreutou and was taken To- farm
house near that town where ] received
s..rurrt treatment
N- Richardson WAS able to rcjoin the
army u short time. Tie SIN carries
Uat bullet in bis flesh
HE DIDN'T FEEL IT,
SIR 3D. Hardy Pyle went INTO tho war
with an Alabama regiment of which the
radiant D. H. Gordon. afterwards General
was colonel lie was doing some firing
A. eharps1urg. The enemy was in front
R0d on tne flank. 'l had just reloaded
mv gun and rose zap from behind the
breastsworks 10 fire when I SUDDENLY fell
back as r. para.yzed.' said Mr. Pyle
Oh bad been wounded in my left ankle
but when tne hau entered I did not fee.
o. Not until I had 90 use that limb did
realize what had happened 90 me. My
l.r was rlraiyzei up To the knee. Col
oreI Gordon told me to try 90 get out OF
danger. D traw.ed three or four miles.
After know had been shot the wound
became very painful. But 10 is the truth
that 4 dII NOT feel The slightest pain when
tre bullet pierced my ankle Mr. Pyle
can show about 1s pretty wound as
any veteran n town. There SIS hole
about 0n.-flurth of an -lch deep IN his
ankle.
DIDN'T BOTHER AT FIRST
"IVmnfs didn't bother me much when
FIRST received said veteran 81. Clair. OF
tIe Soldiers Home. who was three times
shot "The excitement Of battle had my
mind eo fully employed 7 did not cX-
r.rleuce pain directly I was shot. But
tre agony came as soon as 7 knew ] had
been wounded. The excitement incl
dent to hot lighting has a peculiar effect
ol % person. IL causes him TO forget
danger and lose an self consciousness
One is naturally nervous in going into
battle but when the firing begins and MS
blood i~ stirred hy excitement he becomes
unconscious of danger and unless the
wound is foo some vital part he may not
know for some time that me has been
f10t'
KNEW HE WAS SHOT
colonel John Murphy was so untortu-
nate ass to receive wound in his right
arm HIs experience was that man
will know very quickly when BAN en-
tars his body or % she'll strikes him. At
fry rate this was his experience. The
wound Doe received was so painful ne
almost died from IT,. some of the sur
rlou- said an operation was necessary 20
f4re his ure but the Colonel would not
i.- ODE limb Doe taken or and the wound
finally healed.
C.p-au a. Jcf Vaughan who was
wounded iu tle great charge or
y..tltte Division at Gettysburg saws
CD Doe shot as hc was is almost death
YIc had mo difficulty iu learning that DE
bad been shot and 20 SIS his opinion that
g. man who receives 90 genuine wound
vN lose 900 time SEQ coming 10 the con-
cueor tia something has struck him