Aint what it seems

[boozie]

Did you ever take a piece of history for gospel and then have an "OH SHIT" that aint right moment. For years I thought my GGG-Grandfather Z.H. Crane of the 10th Indiana was wounded at Mill Springs. Hell the 10th IND. reunion book says so. So i'm thinking that i'll get his pension records before the goverment "mail jacks us". I get the thing in the mail yesterday and " OH SHIT" thats not right at all. This is not family show and tell, but how could you miss this. Makes my "Frank and Beans" shrink to think of this happening.

Pension of Z.H. Crane

I Robert Willimson, do swear that I was Regt. Surgeon of the 10th Regt. of Indiana Vols. War of 1861. That at the battle of PERRVVILLE in the state of Kentucky on the 8th day of October 1862, while making a charge on the enemy, Zephaniah H. Crane, a private in Co. B of said 10th Regt. Ind. Vols. while in the service of the United States and in the line of his duty was injured in the left eye by being struck in the eye by a bush which was violenty jerked down by one of the men of said company, who had seized hold of the bush to aid himself in climbing a hill.

I treated him for said injuryv for only a few days and then sent him to general hospital. On account, and by reason of the injury above described said eye inflamed and the sight of said eye thereby was destroyed.

It also goes on to state that part of the face was deformed from the "wound". The guy was 42 at enlistment, transfered to the V.R.C. in 63, reenlisted in 64 and mustered out Nov. of 65. Talk about a "Hard Case"! His eye ball was sunken back in the socket and it matted and drained the rest of his life. SHIT!!

It's a piece off from taking a ball at Mill Springs.

[10tvi]

Reckon it was more exciting/horrifying to tell the grandkids he was shot in the face than 'I got stuck in the eye by a stick'

[prestontoprail]

And thanks to the jackass in front of him that pulled the branch all the way up and let it loose. That's one thing that we ALL are familiar with every time we go trapesin' through the woods. Now this puts me on extra elert to never let that branch catapult backwards.........you could "Crane" somebody in the face! Damn, that is a hell of a way to see the end of your service, a damn accident on the march. Maybe he felt lucky he didn't loose an arm, leg or his life out of that campaign.

That is great you were able to find a descriptive account of such a rare and random thing.

[Timothy Arnold]

Yeah, my 'pension' record one day may say that my drill Sgt yelled at me so that's why I'm "nuts." Good times

[Steven Cone]

I have a similar story.. Was always told that my 3rd great Uncle Abner Ball was killed December 31st at the Battle of Murfreesboro. And was buried on the field by his brother Moses Ball and Brother in Law (my 3rd great grandfather ) Daniel M. Craft. All three were in the 22nd Alabama Infantry

Recently while talking to a relative I discoverd that Abner died December 21st ( My Birthday) in Shelbyville. and is buried there somewhere.

[boozie]

Well, at least he got to fight in the battle, from what i've read they were fighting the 7th Arkansas, who was posted on top of Peters Hill, when they withdrew, the 10th charged. I guess it's cool, it was the fight over the water pools that started the battle. I don't know which I would choose an eye or a limb? I would pick neither.

Tim, I thought you were a Colonel, why were you taking shit from a sergeant.

[Timothy Arnold]

Boozie... it was Lt Col... geez... I have seen a D.S. accidentally call an officer out. The Captain had an unpressed uniform. From behind he looked like a recruit, when he turned around the D.S. immediately dropped to his hands and began pushing. It was nice because our whole platoon was in formation watching this unfold. Then... we got the dog smoked out of us when the officer went around the corner.

Good times... gotta go, my daughter is chanting, "No Quarter....!!!" Gotta love a 3 year old with a passion for Led Zeppelin, that's what stay-at-home dad's do... turn our kids into hippies!

[pogue]

At BGR, I wanted to kick the shit out of the guys in front of us who would "hold the branches" ahead of us, waiting for us to catch them. Only we were looking down and wouldn't see them. It is best to just scoot past or under the offending brush and let the next guy figure it out for himself.

NCO's should be enforcing this as a rule.

.02,

[Timothy Arnold]

You know I didn't hold a branch at BGR so it wouldn't slap someone, and somehow, he ended up getting hit in the eye... I was bumfuzzled... I think those branches must bleed secesh blood... bastards!