One man belonging to a New-Jersey regiment had both his legs shot off below the knee, yet he said he thanked God he was there, and only wished that he had more legs so that he could go again. So cheerful is he, although quite an old man, that some of the wounded getting into a dispute, he told them that if they did not stop making a noise he would get up and kick them.
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A noble Jerseyman.--A Connecticut captain--Capt. Jackson, of the Tenth--writes the following in a letter to the Danbury Times:
Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1862.
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