The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-04-19

George r. Davis. nephew Of Jefrs.
who discharged her pocket pistol with
an accuracy which had made her fa'
nous in that locality.
"OId MAJ, Are You Hurt:"
"They are fanking the brigade and
charging the battery"
The words were uttered by an officer
who had sufficiently recovered from
the stunning a gunshOt wound had CIV
en- him to raise his head and reply 10
the salutation Of his brigade command
er. 1t took place on the field Of Ante
tam,> early in the day. and the man
who spoke was Edward $. Bragg, then
lieutenant colonel commanding a regf
ment. A bullet had struck his arm, In
fiicting a painful wound, paralyzing II
Gen. John Gibbon. the brigade COM
mander, was riding rapidly to give d.
rections to the battery when he saw
Col. Bragg lift up his head "Old man,
are You hurt? You are very white,
said Gibbon.
NO, They are fianking the brigade
and charging the battery"
1t was one Of those occasions when
lieutenant colonel presumed to give d.
rections to his general
In a few minutes the Colonel was
able to walk to the field hospital Sur
geOn Bartlett and Bragg had often
bantered each other. When Bartlett
saw the Colonel he said: so you have
come 20 see me; have been expecting all
the morning to be called upon to am
putate your head. What Is the mat
ter. COlOnel?"
Il don't know. II I did 1 wouldn't
come here l want to find out"
Where were You hitf"
IN the arm. Can't you sers"
rs it broken"
"You are paid to tell me whether II
Is broken or not"
The doctor took the limp, helpless.
hurt arm, felt of it hurriedly and said:
Bragg, if any other man in this army
had been hit as you were he would
have had a broken arm, but your arm
isn't broken"
Thank YOU Tie this handkerchief
around my neck and hitch it to my hurt
arm, doctor"
what are you going to dOY
Il am going back to the regiment"
Better let me dress your wound
first"
Never mind the wound; you can
dress that tomorrow" and the plucky
little warrior, who more than earned
all of his ranks from private to briga-
dier, rejoined his fighting and deci-
mated regiment.
On the way back the Colonel saw
man of his old company. Hello, Nick.
What's the matter?''
Il am shot, Colonel; I'm going to
die
mo. Gaffney. you are not going to
die. Let me see your wound"
The pale, weak boy pointed to blue
spot on his breast.
You're all right, chicken" Then the
Colonel put his hand over the wound
and said:
Take a long breath" Poor Nick
took the long breath, but it hurt him
like the cut Of a knife, and the ColOnePs
hand was covered with blood. The
shot had struck him in the breast and
gone clear through.
In telling Of the incident, years after.
ward, Gen. Bragg said: Il told the
poor fellow he was all right, but I
didn't believe it. I didn't see, then,
how a fellow shot through the lung
could survive" 40
Nick Gaffney is still living, and ap-
parently a strong man. The surgeon
drew "a silk handkerchief through his
body soon after he went to the hospital
1t makes you shudder, doesn't it? 1t
made poor Nick Gaffney vince, but he
uttered no sound.
Col. Bragg remained with his regi-
ment the balance Of the day, but when
the battle was over the reaction came
and he had to give up for time.-J. A.
Watrous, in Chicago Times-Herald.
Birth of Boys and Girls in War Times.
One of the strong minded women of
acuteness as well as accuracy Of her OBJ
of life and sOciety-bOre her
testimony to remarkable physiOlOg-
iciI fact, owing to moral causes, and
which is at least worthy of being re-
corded. She affirmed, after close inves-
tigatiOn. that of the births which took
place in New York, during the war,
those which occurred in families whose
attachment to the Union was decided
and Jealous. were mostly boys. while
in families in which there was a de-
cided sympathy for the secession cause,
they We're mostly girls. 1t has often
been said that in countries wasted by
long wars. carrying of the male pOpu-
lation. there was large predOminance
of male births.