. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . n spite of my efforts to drive it away, I havebeen through so much of this and am so near the end. it would be hard to bekilled now. But that fear soon wore away, and. as the enemy showedevidences of w^eakening. I became more and more interested, when a farewellshot from the enemy as they fell back from their first line struck me in theright side. It was a kind of thud, followed liy a benumbing sensation, likebeing hit with a stone forcib
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . n spite of my efforts to drive it away, I havebeen through so much of this and am so near the end. it would be hard to bekilled now. But that fear soon wore away, and. as the enemy showedevidences of w^eakening. I became more and more interested, when a farewellshot from the enemy as they fell back from their first line struck me in theright side. It was a kind of thud, followed liy a benumbing sensation, likebeing hit with a stone forcibly thrown. The tiow of blood which soon started,and the stinging pain that followed, was the first thing that assured me thatthe ball had entered my body. Then, by the coughing and spitting of was assured that it had entered my lungs. I was taken to the field hospitalnear by. and when they got around to dress the wound the surgeons foundthat the ball had entered my right side butt-end foremost, cutting out threethicknesses of my overcoat and lining, a thickness of my blouse and lining,and a thickness of my shirt, and through both ^ driven them. There are Plenty Where I Got that One. lungs and lodged them in the left arm-pit. The doctor who cut the ball outwiped it carefully and put it in his pocket, remarking that he would keep it fora trophy. I asked him to let me see it. He handed it to me and I in turn putit in my pocket without looking at it very much, as they were busy prolnng andtrying to get the remainder of the rags and shreds out of the wound. I told thedoctor who wanted it for a trophy that I would relieve him of that part ofthe ceremony, and that if he really wanted a trophy of that kind there wereplenty of them in the air where I got that one, and I had no doubt of 194 THE STORY OF ability to catch one if he would go out on the line and make an attempt inthat direction. The other surgeon, who was assisting in dressing the wound,observed that it was verj
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