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Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field

CHAPTER XV
8/22

When I saw him he was venting his indignation at the Rebels, because they had not wounded him in the stump of his amputated arm, instead of the locality which gave him so much inconvenience.

It was this officer's fortune to be wounded on nearly every occasion when he went into battle.
During the battle, Dr.Cornyn, surgeon of Major Cavender's battalion of Missouri Artillery, saw a section of a battery whose commander had been killed.

The doctor at once removed the surgeon's badge from his hat and the sash from his waist, and took command of the guns.

He placed them in position, and for several hours managed them with good effect.

He was twice wounded, though not severely.


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