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the shoulder, the bullet first striking
the edge of the blade Of his sword, and
being cut in two by the blade, one half
of tho ball going into his shoulder.
Gen. Charles +. Henderson was
mere boy when he went into the army.
but he was. one of the bravest OF our
soldiers, and he rose to be u general,
and participated In fifteen different
battles He was terribly wounded ut
Lovejoy's station. thirty miles south
of Atlanta. his wound being very much
like that which caused the death OF
President Garfield. In chatting with
Gen. Henderson at Omaha the Other
day. asked him how he felt when the
ball struck him. He replied: II felt
as though n red hot cannon bail had
gone through me. SIN II was only n
mimic BALL, 1t had struck my spine.
AS l was shot ] fen backwards, my
sword dropped from my hand, and a
moment later tinging sensation
passed through my body"
Did you faint?" l asked
"No, my feeling was that of great
weakness. but retained consciousness.
/ tried TO rise. but could not do SO.
was. you know, in command Of my
demi- brigade, consisting of the 9Th
Kentucky. the 10Th Indiana and ths
18th Ohio, and we were charging the
enemies works. AS / fell, some of
the men ran out and bore me back to
inc llllt. lftN SlItltftu u blul1tft
between their guns. and upon this car
ried me to the rear There surgeon
examined me, and upon my asking him
whether / was going to die, he said that
II the bullet had not gone into the In
terror walls of the body | might live,
but that / would probably be par
alyzed. That night / was carried to
Atlanta and later on jolted in hos
pital train to Chattanooga. and thence
to Philadelphia. My wound healed
but | have been troubled with 1t more
or less ever since then. Surgeon Gem
eral Baxter once told me that he be-
lieved II President Garhelds wound
had been left alone, as mine was, he
probably might have recovered"
GENERAL ALGER'S NARROW ES-
CAPE AT BONNEVILLE.
General Russell A. Algcr, now sec
rotary OF war, had number of narrow
escapes during his service. One of the
most desperate engagements was ut
bonneville. Miss, in July, 1862. 1t was
shortly after his appointment as secrc-
tary of war that he told me the story
of his engagement, 1t has never been
published. but think my memory will
enable me to give 1t substantially as he
told 1t to me. He said:
81 was captain at the time. under
Col. Phil Sheridan, as commander. We
had altogether about 500 men and were
at Bonneville. when about 1000 Con-
federates under Gen. Chalmers attacked
us. The evening before the battle.
remember I did not at all feel well. |
was suffering from jaundice and was a.
yellow as saffron. was lying down
in my tent when Sheridan came in. Hn
was then only colonel. but he had the
same habits that he afterward dis
played. He was, you know, very quiet
and backward except when a possible
fight was at hand. Then his whole ma :
ture seemed to change. His eyes would
flash. He would become profane, and
would use expressions which he never
uttered in his quieter moments. He
| asked me how ! was. ] replied that
did not feel well. but that could dc
anything he wanted done. Well
| said he, I do want a job done. Gen
Chalmers is coming against us with
| his army. He is almost upon us now
and we must stampede him. / want
you to take all the men you can gel
| and quietely move around back of tn,
rebels, and within an hour from now
want you to charge into them witt
yell and knock h out of them. VIZ
will hear your yell and will charge al
| them in front at the same time.
After o few words further W,
shook hands. Col. Sheridan saying H.
thought 1t might probably be for tbs
| last time. I called my men together
We were about hundred in all. w,
went around through the woods ant
| got behind the Confederates. and ther