Show THE fikar WOUNDED how the lille general kelly received ills II 11 ii injury in tho iho war WHEELING W va july 20 20 dispatch san iranon wo chronicle series berles berless I 1 A dispatch from ellicott cuy city md purports purport to 91 gho a the first authentic account of 0 how Gon generald Gener erain alB F kolly kelly who died thursday and will bo be burled la in washington today nan clas wounded in the iho first battlo battle of tire iho war lit in 1883 a dl arose among amone war bar gron luor out of tire tha statement bat general relly kelly was his bis own nice mou at that time tuo the general himself broto a letter to gen A a newspaper friend la in this city la in which ho he gave his hl awn personal account of how he bo received tire wound tho the is important us as it ita Is ua on account of the of the iho brat blood vt of any union olli cerin in tire the war of tho the rebellion general kolly kelly says in the iho loiter referred ut to to la reply to your questions ns its to how I 1 was wounded I 1 will state that wo we attacked the moncy in their aarup ut at 4 p nj an of juno june a 8 abill mud drop droe a toem through the town at the iho booth bomb card of oc tho the village wo we their wagon train rain on oil the beverly road roku PrOlee Led by a strong guara leaving no DO cavalry oi vilry bilth uio me I 1 ordered the viral via gicala regiment Kee lineol to charge ut at double quick and capture abe train blob they did tak in inta both alo guard sod train ji loading the charge I 1 was waa shot ja in the ibo right boonst the ball passing through the but budy y und and lodging la in toy my back undue the lower loner purt part ot of tho the cikut bh salado whore where it romal ned four months month it ik bee thi 11 by dr to rizio 0 of and found to bo be an ounce bull ball which bad evidently been buan fired from an old flintlock musket with to lich most ot of the rebels were armed no e captured quite bulto a more be A of these tin so old muskets jv A robot quartermaster dot jn in uniform by the namo name of bammes bad halted baited and was lo in is a vacti vacant ont lot immediately opposite where I 1 efell full one I 1 had been abut by this noun man that he be saw tho the kinuko of los bl pistol instantly it a rush rubb was mande for it aln n I 1 hy by so ail of rny my men no would have boon killed oo on tire thu apol it if I 1 bud bed not nob ordered it iho 0 men to spare him bilm general lander arrived ed at this ibis moment drew his revolver ari and lid ordered the Sel spared tho the ex tru a r no lion ollon ot of the old musket bull buit showed that I 1 was not wounded by it a pistol shot by flotillas end I 1 wua right in or ordering during the men inen to his llo life ries it us 04 hold bold u of war until I 1 recovered and returned to roy my command comm whom when I 1 paroled him and sent f him th through rouila the lines ills home was in richmond |