| From the Charleston Mercury |
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| October 21, 1862 |
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| Terrible Railroad Accident |
| A train, containing three hundred
soldiers, ran off the track on the Virginia Central Railroad, last
Wednesday night, smashing the cars and killing and wounding their
occupants. The casualties, which included several South Carolinians,
were as follows: |
| Killed -- Geo. Griffin, of Hampton
Legion, Lipscomb's cavalry, S. C. Sergeant J. E. Corley, regiment not
known, but he had letters on his person from Lexington District, S. C.
Geo. Owen, 45th Ga. regiment, many letters on his person for members of
the 45th regiment. One man not known, apparently about thirty years of
age, large beard. |
| Seriously Wounded -- George P.
Badger, 12th Va. regiment, Co. A, leg broken; D. C. McMasters, N. C. 22d
regiment, Co. L, hips injured; J. S. Williams, 3d Ala. regiment, badly
bruised; W. T. Abbit, 1st Rifle regiment, S. C., Co. F, breast; J. M.
Moore, 14th S. C. regiment, head and breast; H. W. Hay, 19th Ga., Co. F,
hips; C. C. Gladley, 19th Ga., Co. F; A. D. Leos Moses, Co. C, Hampton
Legion, S. C., leg broken; Sergeant John Bahr, 23d S. C. regiment, head;
E. C. Harper, 5th Ala., Co. I, back and left leg; Elisha Heady, 44th
Ala., head and back; S. C. Okelly, 16th Ga., Co. A, ankle, not badly; J.
H. Gresham, 31st Ga., Co. E, right leg and breast; A. Hale, 7th S. C.
Co. D, thigh, back and hand; R. B. Bailey, 7th Ga., Co. F, face and
back; Lieutenant H. L. Solomons, 48th Ga., Co. G, leg broken. Some
thirty-five others were slightly wounded, and two servants, Jack,
belonging to N. B. Owens, and Pat, to Lieut. Miller, of S. C., killed. |
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