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“A fine young first lieutenant was accidentally shot by a gun falling on the ground out of a stack.”—Diary of Rutherford B. Hayes

July 30, 2011

Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes

July 30. Tuesday.—Warm, bright morning. Damp in the tent with the fogs of the night. Hang out my duds to dry. Have met here divers Cincinnati acquaintances and Lieutenant Conger and Dr. Rice, of Fremont. Just now a fine young first lieutenant (Jewett of Zanesville) was accidentally shot by a gun falling on the ground out of a stack. A great hole was torn through his foot. The ball passed through three tents, barely missing several men, passed through a knapsack and bruised the leg of one of Captain McIlrath’s men.

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