Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-11
Wounded Five Times Before Went
Qot Of Battle Of Antietanl.

out Of Battle of Antietam.
At tie recent Confederate reunion
in New Orleans the hearts Of the old
soldiers were saddened by the state
mcnt of their comfade, Gen. John b.
scllca, that his health was failing
ana tlat IL was about to HIaa up his
career. 81 o..
The wonderful part of it all is that
he has survived 1lnGil this day. 1t is
almost miraculous that he should have
passed through such an ordeal during
the war between The states and came
cut with his life. In the Inne number
If Scribner's Magazine Gen. Gordon
nas an article on "Antietam and Chan
ellcrsyille. in which he recalls the
Notable fact that in the former battle
ae was wounded no less than five
JinIes.
Gen. Goroon's troops heid tne most
advanced portion on that pat Of The
icld where they We're stationed, and
tlere was no supporting line behind
him. He soon saw that most des-
perate attempt would be made by the
auerals TO break tee Il IL th2
pCint and ii was t. be I'M itgli sheer
5s.rce. Il Was Gen. Gordon : hu.slne"s
. i3,y3!t this. az. 50 he gave orders
that his men were not to fire until he
should oivt TIE s:s.'sel '"sa Feaerals
5heir purpose being to charge wl,n
bayonets and, through their superior
numbers break through. In spite Of
the impatience of his men, Gen Cor
don waited until "they should see
the whites of their enemies eyes,
When the Federals We're almost upon
him he ordered his men to fire, and
their rifles famed and roared in the
iace of the Yankees like a binding
e,laze OF lightning accompanied by the
uick and deadly lhunderbolt 1t was
impossible fer any body of men to
withstand this fire and the Federals
withdrew but only to renew the at
tack again and again, in the same way,
and thus the battle ragged furiously
until sundown.
During this engagement Gen. Cor
don was shot five different times,
twice through the leg, once through
the arm, once through the shoulder,
md finally through the face. In spite
of four wounds. from all of which he
is position at the front, giving his
ommands and raiIyins. arn
| he last shot, however, he fell forward
md lay unconscious with his face in
is cap. and he thinks that he would
! have been smothered by the Blood
| from his last wound, "but for the ac,
| II some YANKEE who, as if to save
my life, had at a previous hour during
! the battle, shot hole through my
| zap, dS II ~ ltt tiit bIOpu Out I1C
was horne to the rear in an uncon-
scious condition, and the surgeon des
| paired OF mis- life. But Gen. Gordon
declared that he would not die, and a
little later, when his devoted wife ar
-,@,. he l,rgetnd aer in an affections
sse, .ee0.ar Nay. mi assured her that
ea} g"l vet hanks 70 he
faithful watching al. HvFetas. he ii.
gel we'll. and wGs, by ami tE afJaa
seven months, resteno. 70 his com,
sai1
II is no wonder HAT Goaon's mon
said and believed that he had a
charmed life Il Is ineonceiyable
thai man should have been shot five
times during single engagement and
survive the shock it is equally r.
markable that q man VINO suffered Sc
serribly from the enemies bullets
shouIi have preserved his life ana
hved 10 good Old a&e.-Richmond
rimes-3isEatch.
RYAN'S Cna&r RHINE