The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-16

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Capt. Tip Harris0n's Office at the Cap
itol is the room where the veterans Of the
late war are won't toeongregate. When
several Of the old soldiers who bear the
scars Of many battles meet, reminis-
cences of the great struggle are in or
der and some Of the stories are very
thrilling. Recently the subject under
discussion was the remarkable manner
in which some men were wounded and
recovered aud we're wounded again.
Capt. Tip Harrison was responsible for
the following
Lieut.. Muncie Of the Sixty-frst
Georgia Regiment, said Capt Tip,
was one of the most remarkable men L
ever knew. He was a slender. caday-
erous looking man, with apparently no
physical strength, yet lie lived through
what would have killed dozen ordi-
nary men, and is alive to-day. ID the
early part Of the war he was shot
through and through. The ball struck
the breast bone aud shattered IT,
passed through his body, aud came out
within an inch Of bis spine between two
ribs. After a desperate struggle for
life he recovered, and regained his reg.
iment At the battle OF Monaccasie
Creek be was again wounded, the ball
entering between the corresponding
ribs on the other side Of the spine and
issuing at the same hole that the first
ball had entered at. The second shot
must have taken the passage inside
Muncie's body that the first bali made
IN going in the opposite direction. He
was IN prison with me later and
appeared to sufier no unusual pain
The case Of Sergeant B. +. Curt
right, who is now on the Atlanta police
force was cited as another remarkable
instance. Sergeant Outright was
wounded in the right arm, the ball
passing through the limb from tho front
The muscles we're badly lacerated, aud
when he recovered he found that
though he had perfcct use of his hand,
he could not lift his arm above his |
head. He was not disabled from using |
his weapons, however, and returned 10 |
his company. Later ia the war. at the /
battle Of Winchester, he was shot in ex-
actly the same place, except that the
ball traversed his arm in the opposite
direction. When the inflammation
subsided he found, to his surprise, that
the stiffnsss Of the muscles had al
most entirely disappeared, and he was
soon able 70 use his arm as well as ever
Lieut.. Leath was another man with
experience He was lead
ing his men into battle when he re-
eeived the order to charge. The noise
Of the guns and the shrieks Of the
wounded made it necessary for him 10
give his orders at the top Of his voice.
He had his mouth wide open. calling
)ut the order charge, when q sliyer
rom shell struck him in the cheek.
It passed through his mouth without
ouchlng a single tooth, and came out
through the other cheek, leaving on
zach side Of his head a cash as clean as
cut by razor The wound became
nfiammed and Leath, who was at the {
ime near his home, was given leave of
.bsence for two or three DAYS. When
le rode up to his mothers house his {
cad was tied up with bandages. &
The old lady rushed out when she \
aw him coming and cried: "Oh, nv q
on, where are you woundedg" c
Right through the head, hereplied. 7
His mothcr, thinking the wound must =
e fatal, sent for Is doctor without
Taiting for explanations When the
ledical men arrived be found Leath fl
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