Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-21

Durlng the night of June 1G. 1864. in
i'''it OF Petersburg, while engaged in
ooi'oihG breast works, John y. Edcs of
'ulilord, In Company l., received n bad
"ouhd, having a pick driven through hi;
hecl by another man ut work behind him
ii's hnrt "as 80 severe that he never re-
turned to duty.
tariS in 1851, while the rpEl,nc,,t Wi;
"'ins guard 't's at the sd cniiitol. aid
~ prisons, III the city of Washine-
'''' ihoih's Matthews of Bangor in
company {, came off guard one morning.
anu went with the squad to a gravel
pahk to discharge their pieces. During
'he hilhG which was at short range. some
gravel was thrown which struck Mat
ihe"S IN the eyes. and 80 injured thcn
mat he was dischHret,l as Unfit FOR fur
'hef service. IN sume mistake. he was
"'n'''o" fi"m the company run 50 Ills
''"'he doeS mot appear in the printed tc'.-
"f"S TX ine regiment, add n uUiv found
~ 'he l'i""X as II secrtiit, enlisted for the
'i'F'' Maihe Heavy Artillery, leaving tie
impression that he never Joined
lie became totally BLVD. hot ioi some
reason never got HIS uehsioh calm cstah-
lShcd. lie AZ one time apnlind for \
Htat2 pension, while / WAS working in
t'a' office under Purnton. hunted up
ms record, ana we decided as his name
WIS l"uld only in the index. that he
propablN deserted soon after enlistment.
anyway pirinton rejected the claim, and
ne soon after died. Recently in digging
INTO the Old records Of this tc4imtiit |
found him mentioned IN a mbhthlv re-
turn oi COMPANY T. and following 40 the
tue, learned the abtivc stated lacts in
regard To his iniurv.
While picketing in front of Fort Hen i'm
November. 1861, Il man in Company d.
during a rainy night got a lot of mul in
t" his gun barrel and before attempting
to clean it, the mud became hardened.
ana rustcd in. and it bothered him in his
attempts To remove ii. Abel Brooks OF
Robhnston. Il member of the same com
pahy, picked up the gun with the re-
mark that he would remove the mud for
him, and holding 1t over his head. pulled
the trigger. Brooks was one of the most
surprised men, | ever saw. for instead OF
removing the mud the explosion removed
the gun, and scattered 1t in pieces about
the camp. \ scalp wound on the head OF
Brooks WAS all the damage done. except
the loss of the gun
In the early spring of 1851. while guard
ing rebel prisoners in Washington, james
+. OAgood Of Hiram, in Company C. be-
ing detailed for camp guard. WAS walking
his beat during the night. along the brick
sidewalk Oh 9Th street. A culd rain was
falling, which troze as soon as it touched
/ he bricks this uncertain 10
man ON the next post slipped ana fell
his gun disthargihe as it struck the lie
walk, and the bullet passed through Os-
goods leg. He recovered and joined his
company later in the year.
During our stay in the defences Of
Washington We put in considerable ar
tillcry practice in the way of target
shooting. In january, 1861, Il squad were
one day firing at target away out SEW
eral miles and beyond our picked line. a
shell exploded short of the mark, and
near Il picket post. and Russell Trundy
Of Surry, in Company Il. happened to
stand in the way of flying fragment.
which struck him in the foot. for which
injury he was soon after discharged.
Corporal Robert Grindlc of Surry in
Company c. had his leg badly injured at
cold Harbor, on the 10th day of June. 1861.
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