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The Daily Dispatch: April 29, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the war. (search)
ed a small party at Reynoldsville, to act as rear guard. The enemy pounced upon the little company, and succeeded in capturing two soldiers, named Vance and Montgomery, belonging to the 78th Pennsylvania. They carried the prisoners with them, and, following Col. Willis, came up to the place where the three had been executed. e execution, however, having been elicited from the citizens in the vicinity, the rebels immediately shot their prisoners, killing Vance instantly, and shooting Montgomery through the neck, destroying the power of speech, and through the jaw, destroying the use of an eye.--Montgomery, left for dead, lay all night in the woods, unc--Montgomery, left for dead, lay all night in the woods, unconscious. Reviving as morning dawned, and following the directions of a negro, he made his way to the main road, and was picked up by a detachment of our cavalry and brought to Murfreesboro'. He is yet alive, and strong hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery.