Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-24

cum in squads an regiments an bril-
gades. Hos many av thin we're there
I'll never know. fur [ whit daft as q
hen and not thing did 1 know for
tin days. Whin woke up was as
weak as baby and me head was as
Imply as me haversack. want no
more bugs, docthor.
Tell me what caused the hole In
the sleeve of that coat on the table.
doctor" said l, pointing TO the gar
ment.
oh, that was made by bullet that
didn't draw a drop OF BLOOD from my
anatomy" he replied, as he took up
the coat and tried to wipe off the Vir-
ginia dust which had laid there more
than thirty years. 1t was In the
spring of 1852, and near Warwick
Court House, Va, when we we're on
the way up the peninsula on the gem
eral movement toward Richmond. 1t
wasn't in any battle at all Just a
little picket fight, which was going on
all the time. The woods were full IF
Confederate sharpshooters and we
couldn't venture far out of camp with
out being picked of The enemy had
strong picket line ahead of us all
the time and there was a good deal
of firing. | was where | had no bust
ness to be and sharpshooter nearly
took my life. But the bullet didn' {
hit me. passing through the sleeve OF
my coat The marksman's aim was
pretty good II he intended to lift my
heart, for three inches more to the
right would nave pierced that organ.
The concussion. however, knocked me
senseless and left queer feeling all
day"
But you we're wounded, were you
not?
Yes; twice, | believe"
How did II feel, doctor?"
Well il hurt a little The bullet
struck me about six inches below the
right hip and travelled clear around
lodging on the inside where it was
afterwards cut out II was fiattened
by striking against the bones, al
though none were broken"
When and where did this happen,
doctor?"
Oh during the Seven days fight,
some time in June, when Mcclellan
moved his whole army up country in
| the first great advance on Richmond
June 81, ! think 1t was, the enemy
attacked us in great force near Gaines
Min, making a fierce onslaught on our
right, threatening the rear and com
| polling a change of front. About {
| o'clock the ConfedeTates u assed for q
final attack upon the left of the line
| held by Butterfield and Martindale
| Brigade after brigade was hurled
upon them with ceaseless force anC
determination, and suddenly broke
through Martindale's left and attempt
ed to capture Butteriield's brigade
| The Confederates came rushing across
the field where | lay with the rest o
the wounded and with the dead. The,
were fighting for all they we're worth
and when they saw federal soldier
with too much life in him they raj
him through with the hayonet, ant
as one of the Confederates passed IN,
| he stabbed me in the left arm AS hi
hurriedly passed on he gave the CUR
| a twist and the bayonet was detached
and remained sticking in my arm anC
| through il down into the sand. Ny
right hand fortunately was at liberty
and | managed somehow 10 pull out
the bayonet but some sand came M
with it and that was stripped off In
| the wound and bothered me a goot
| deal
we lay there several days with ne
attention from any person. The hos
| pital arrangements were not as per
| feet then as later, and we had to dc
| the best we could Some Of the mer
who had good legs managed to gel
! water for the rest of MS, and they
searched the haversacks OF the dead
| and found something for us TO eat
| But 1t was pretty hard for the wound
| ed Sometimes 1t would rain and We
scraped shallow places in the sane
which would fiji with water and las
| us for a time I was losing gooC
deal of blood, so some OF the boys tore
the lining ont OF blouse and plugged
up my wounds with that. and 40 go
along"
How did you get out Of that terri
BILE situation
oh, the Confederates took us pris
oners-not a difficult thing to do-an,
sent MS to Richmond, where they pu
MS in Libby-over a hundred of us
where we had pretty tough time.
was one OF FIVE to come out alive" -
| Detroit Free Press.
Mastering Them out.
Thousands OF blue-coated G. A r
men gathered recently at Salt LAX
! 10 renew the ties OF wartime ant