AT THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG, CAPTAIN T. B. WEARENGEN, GENERAL MEAD'S ADJUTANT GENERAL, WAS WOUNDED THROUGH THE LUNGS, BADLY BRUISED, AND WAS FOUND SENSELESS ON THE FIELD BY A NORTH CAROLINA CONFEDERATE OFFICER, WHO, BELIEVING
HIM TO BE A MASON BY A JEWEL ON HIS PERSON, HAD HIM CARRIED TO A HOUSE USED AS HEADQUARTERS, CALLED A SURGEON TO DRESS HIS WOUND, WHICH WAS THOUGHT FATAL; YET BY THE KIND CARE AND WATCHING OF THE CRAFT HE WAS SOON ABLE TO PROCEED TO RICHMOND.
HIS BLANKETS WERE RETURNED BY HALF-NAKED, BLANKETLESS SOLDIERS, AND NOTHING TAKEN FROM HIM. |
