The Daily Dispatch: June 4, 1863., [Electronic resource], Only wounded.

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Only wounded.

--During the battle of Murfreesboro' two men, a Tennesseean and Arkansian, fell in with each other, and made an agreement that the first one of the two that got wounded should be taken off by the other. Pretty soon the Arkansas man called out to the Tennesseean that he was wounded and to take him off. According to contract, true to his word, the Tennesseean shouldered him and carried him away to the rear. While going along a cannon ball came along and took off the head of the wounded man, but the bearer did not observe it. When he arrived where the surgeon was he laid him down and said, ‘"Doctor, here is a friend of mine; can't you do something for him?"’ The doctor, in surprise, wanted to know why he brought that dead man to him? The Tennesseean turned and looked at him, and very coolly remarked: "Why, blast him, he told me he was only wounded."

The Daily Dispatch: June 4, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. June 4, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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