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Vurrv«iGliiI«tJU» of *lib Dally QnzrtUt. ^a(Cm,w of the Death or Sergeant Cutt*. St.Ilc*Uir-vxrKd IlsXXivc Signal Cori s, • P,fc*(AL£XA^r..u, Va., MurcL Si, lS'Ja j UMacdiLiiEditors Gazkttb:—By tbs request of aonie luerabcTa offcornpany B, 5th WUcon- , Mltx s»n, 1 give the following account of the sad cu]\ death of -Sorgt. A. L. CuUn of that compa* tcdHe had been a little uuwell and on the morning of the day on which he died Sergt.Mills took the sick to doctor for medical treatment. The surgeon [Dr. Crane] gave Sergl. Cutts, as he supposed, a portiou of quinine, hot by some error iu bottlcing Ji proved o be morphine.^Tho ^bottle from which the medicine taken ivjw labeled wrong, ftwd from the same bottle before thu error was discovered, twojolbera in the regiment, one in compauy K and one in company F wero poisoned, but as . they took smaller portions they were saved. In the chest eoinc mercurial ointment was found labeled “blue pills. The quantity of IflOr phiuc taken by Sorgt. Cults wns about ten grains I am told by Scrgt. Milk who stood close by and saw tbo medicine given.The oih went ^on board of the boats for «mewkcrc yesterday, and Vac men all looked well and in good spirits.The weather is quite warm now and very rainy, but wo hope for less wot weather soon. I remain yours in haste,J. M. KI MB ALT.-.ther.andcirciendsAw?^sandreadsuit.it, y cessi Snl
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Weekly Gazette and Free Press
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Apr 04, 1862
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