| From the Staunton Spectator and General
Advertiser (Staunton, Va.) |
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| October 21, 1862 |
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| Distressing Railroad Accident |
| On Wednesday night about 11
o'clock, a train of cars {on the Virginia
Central RR} carrying soldiers, ran over several cattle
near Ivy Creek Depot, about 6 miles West of Charlottesville, when the
cars, filled with soldiers, and the tender, were precipitated over an
embankment about twenty feet. One car was shattered and broken to
pieces, one turned bottom upwards and the other three were rolled over
the base of the embankment, one car remained on the track and another
remained partly on the track. |
| By this accident, five
soldiers and two servants were instantly killed and about seven
wounded -- some four or five mortally. The following are the names of
those killed and seriously wounded: |
| Killed -- James H. ???, 18th
Ga. regiment, Gen. Gri?? of Hampton Legion, Lipscomb's artillery, S.
C. Serg't J. E. Corley, regiment not known, but he had letters on him
??? ??on from Lexington District, S. C. George Owen, 45th Ga.
regiment, many letters on his person for members of the 45th regiment.
One, name not known, apparently about 30 years of age, large beard. |
| Seriously wounded -- George P.
Badgar, 19th Va. regiment, Co. A, leg broken, D. ?. McMasters, 22nd N.
C. regiment, Co. L, hips injured. J. S. Williams, 3d Ala regiment,
badly bruised. H. H. Kirks, 10 Va cavalry, head, not very bad. W. T.
Abbitt, First Rifle regiment, S. C., Co. F, breast. J. M. Moore,
Fourteenth S. C. regiment, head and breast. G. W. Crump, Tenth Va.
cavalry, Co. A, right eye and back. I Nesslar, Tenth Va Cav. Co. A,
right leg broken. H. W. Hay, Nineteenth Ga. Co. F, hips. C. B. Gladley,
Nineteenth Ga. Co. F. J. Vinfrey, 12th Va Co K, side and hip. A DeLeon
M?? Co. C, Hampton's Legion, S. C., leg broken. J. J. Smith, 14 Va.,
thigh broken. W. A. Loudermilk, 2d N. C., Co C, both thighs broken. E.
Cunningham, both legs broken. Sergeant John Bahr, 23d S. C. reg. head.
T. J. Wilkinson, Richmond Huggas, Co B 3d Bat. Cav. arm broken. E. C.
Harper, 5th Ala. Co l, 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. Lieut
H. L. Solomon, 48th Ga. Co G, leg broken. Some 35 others were slightly
wounded; and two servants, Jack, belonging to N. B. Owens, and Pat, to
Lieut. Miller, of S. C., were killed. |
| The wounded were taken to the
Hospital at Charlottesville where the proper attention was given to
them. |
| The following were not so
seriously wounded: G. W. Robin, 10th Va cavalry, Co C; M. A.
Cunningham, Co B, 21 Va Battery; A. Moncreif, Co A 26 Ga; Geo E. Yawn,
31 Ga. Co D; D. ? Means, Co B, 61st {may be
51st} Ga.; D. H. Heans, Co B 51 Ga; A.
Strong, Co D, 17th S. C.; D. Wilson, 17 S. C. Co D; G. ?. ?ainet, Co
G, 61 Ga; G. Y. Deckson Co l, 15th Ga; G. M. Powell, Co F, 11th Ala;
W. T. Shorter Co B 2d Va Bat; J. D. Daniel, Co E, 4th Ala; J. M.
Wagoner, Co F, 11th Ala; G. P. Badger, Co A 12th Va; J. F. Smith, Co
F, 14th Ga; J. Wa??, Co F, 81st Ga; N. Daily, Co F, 14th Ga; J. C.
Norris, Cp F, 14th Ga; C. T. Moreian, Co A, 9th La; J. G. Phillips, Co
K, 18 Ga; A. D. Lenny, Co D, 14 N. C.; G. F. Barnhart 20th N. C., Co
B; D Ra??, Co K, 12th S. C.; C. W. Weaver, Co l, 25th Va; J. W.
Barton, Co K, 18th Ga.; D. J. Geary, Co G, 1st Va; Lt F. J. Aiki?son,
G. ???. |
| P. S. -- Since they have been taken to
Charlottesville, five of the wounded have died, and it is feared that
more will die. |
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