The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1902-11-14

containing the major OF my regiment
who was badly wounded in the shoul-
der the dey before by a she'll, and
three wounded privates. The major
was suffering greatly from his wound
The driver informed me that the rest
Of the train had gone on this roa(
ahead of him and the major would
not let him drive fast enough to KEEP
up. ] asked DR.. Kittrell to ride
ahead until he overlook the front am,
bulance and to pack them behind
some hill until | came up, because
shells were bursting all along the
ridge we were travelling | hitcheC
my horse to the back Of the ambu
lance and got in to dress the majors
wound and told the driver to &C
ahead, the jolting hurt the major SC
that he hollered to the driver TO stop
just then shell passed just over us
and burst short distance beyond
The major remarked, Doctor, we
will all be killed here" Il can't help
it major" | answered, pouring water
from my canteen on his shoulder and
removing the old hard bandage as
rapidly as | could, | soon had it off,
put wet compress over the wound
and was applying, fresh, bandage
when a shell passed under the mules
and burst a short distance beyond,
filing the ambulance with smoke, but
hurting none Of US.
y tell you, doctor, We win all be
killed here" said the major.
well: msjsss.a'ssys II had just
as sodas ssS killed fixing up q wounded
man as at anWother time, but driver
you let those mules go, aud get away
from here"
When the wheels would hit a rock
or root with big jolt the major
would grunt, but he did not say stop
any more, in fact he was much more
comfortable after | had bandaged
his arm tightly to his side.
| then mounted my horse, telling
the driver to follow the road until he
came up with the other drivers, went
on at a lope. The road ran on a
ridge parallel with the river and al
most north for some distance, then
turned into deep hollow, almost due
east. Down in this hollow I found
Dr.. K. and all of my train. The trip
getting out of range of the shells had
been awful upon the wounded, and two
had died in the wagons. The drivers
would put their teams on the run
when the wounded would scream,
swear and yell to, them to stop when
they would hold up for awhile, a shell
would burst near them and they
would yell to the drivers to whip up
again, From the direction ] believed
;he road we were on would lead back
nto that we had come from Corinth.
t was now nearly dark. Leaving
Dr.. X. with the train | rode on
o try and find out where the road /
lid lead. Less than a half mile
ound that it did lead into the Corinth
Dad, and that our wagon train was
noving along it rapidly, knowing that
they followed it that they would go
Q the bridge on the Hatchie, where
he fighting was, and as knew the
nemy had not been repulsed, was
uzzled to know what they were up
D, the drivers did not know, after
tile while a quartermaster major
ame along, enquiring Of him, he told
le they were going out.on the bone
ard road. | told him that | had
cen on that all day and had seventy
ounded with me. He then told me,
lat the bone yard road led to a mil
1 the Hatcher river, ten miles above
le bridge and they were going to
'oss on the dam, and that ifI could
1T my wagons and ambulances in
10 train to do 80. ! hurried back /
i'd moved my train to the road, tell I
6 the front driver to keep the heads |
his teams right at the road and
hen gave the word to rush in and "a
the rest to keep closed up, most \
the train had passed when q wagon t