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reiurnca 10 waamngwn.The Dead at Rich Jlountn In.Wo learn from Major Shunk, of tho Eight regiment, that up to last Sunday no leas than two hundred and thirty-one dead bodies of rebels had boon found and buried atRich Mountain. The magnitude of this engagement soem* to hare been but half un-daralood at the beginning, even by the soldier*. Tho rebel* must hare fought bravely and suffered terribly, when 231 are killed out of about 1,000 engaged in the figYit. The Major says that tho Tndiana boys behaved with wonderful coolness, lie saw dozens of them taking aim as deliberately as if they were shooting at squirrels, frequently stopping, and taking down their guns when they had lost a good sight, watching for a chance for a better aim, and then when they got the chance firing with deadly effect, as the number of killed shows. He also says that avery large proportion, more than half, of the killed, were shot through the head, a convincing proof that the ''beads had been well drawn*1 on them, and that breast-works are no protection against the fatal aim of a Hoo-sier rifleman. iThe Eighth lost five men kill and twenty-three wounded in the campaign.-~//iff.Jour,
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Delphi Journal
Delphi, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 31, 1861
Page 2
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Richard L.
USA 16 Dec 2018
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