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The Daily Dispatch: August 4, 1864., [Electronic resource], The death of General McPherson. (search)
cept the General, who fell and expired instantly, the ball having cut the sorta. The enemy rushed forward to rifle the body. Officers and orderlies, meeting Colonel Strong, Inspector General, and Captain Buell, both of General McPherson's staff accompanied by a few orderlies, related the circumstance. Colonel Strong instantly dColonel Strong instantly drew the party into line and ordered a charge.--This handful of brave and impetuous men, regardless of the foemen-in-front, dashed gallantly ahead and drove, off the thieving enemy; and, while Captain. Buell, with his revolver, kept them at bay, Colonel Strong, assisted by the orderlies lifted the nude body, stripped of every artiColonel Strong, assisted by the orderlies lifted the nude body, stripped of every article of clothing save a glove and sock, to his own horse, and bore it safely from the field. Beneath the light glove covering the left hand was a diamond ring, which the vandals failed to discover, and which will be forwarded to the General's friends in Ohio.