| From the Southern Confederacy (Atlanta,
Ga.) |
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| May 5, 1861 |
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| That Accident |
| We take the following account
of the accident at Calhoun {on the Western &
Atlantic RR}, to a member of the Toombs Guards, on their
leaving for Virginia, from the Valley "Register:" |
| An unfortunate accident
happened to one of the Toombs Volunteers as the train was moving off
last Monday morning {April 29, 1861}.
He fell from the platform of the cars, between the cars, they running
over one leg, mangling it so that it had to be taken off that day. He
is still living, though doubts are entertained as to his getting
finally over it. His name is N. M. Garner. Whiskey seems to have been
the prime cause of his unfortunate mishap. "Boys, don't
drink!" |
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