. The Nineteenth Illinois; a memoir of a regiment of volunteer infantry famous in the Civil War of fifty years ago for its drill, bravery, and distinguished services . ere those who recovered andjoined the Regiment, to become among our bestsoldiers. The first section had passed over the trestlewithout trouble, but when the second section got tothe bridge there was suddenly heard the awful crash of piled-up cars, and the loud shrieks of human beings in mortalagony. We lost, in killed and injured, within those fewmoments of awful railroad accident something like one hun-dred and thirty men, incl
. The Nineteenth Illinois; a memoir of a regiment of volunteer infantry famous in the Civil War of fifty years ago for its drill, bravery, and distinguished services . ere those who recovered andjoined the Regiment, to become among our bestsoldiers. The first section had passed over the trestlewithout trouble, but when the second section got tothe bridge there was suddenly heard the awful crash of piled-up cars, and the loud shrieks of human beings in mortalagony. We lost, in killed and injured, within those fewmoments of awful railroad accident something like one hun-dred and thirty men, including Captain Bushrod Company I, the one company which suffered most, as itwas in the car that first went down into the shallow stream,deep below. The first section quickly returned to the spotand its soldier-passengers were soon doing everything pos-sible for their suffering comrades. Fires were built on thebanks of the creek, and both dead and injured were handledcarefully, as the bodies were laid near these places of devoted, Madame Turchin, our Colonels beloved wifeand companion, had soon torn her skirts into bandages and o o ^ K^ o o. The Nineteenth Illinois 145 these were applied to the mens mjuries; she herself was ofthe greatest assistance in the work of relief and of caringfor those who were suffering. The locomotive and one carpassed safely over the trestle, and the second car was partlyacross, when the structure gave way, letting the rear end ofit down to the bed of the stream; the next car plunged intothat one, while the third car tore through the top of thissecond one, thus making the wreck a horrible pit of deathand disabilities. The fourth car was hanging on the brinkbut jammed into the third, and between these two coachesLieutenant Clifton Wharton was caught and held so tightlythat he could not be released without the aid of an axe,every blow of which must have been torture to that gallantand gentlemanly officer. Company I was in the first
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