I heard him shriek out, "O, O, God!" His spirit had flown before his body struck the ground.

Farewell, friend; we will meet over yonder.
When the cannon ball struck Billy Webster, tearing his arm out of the socket, he did not die immediately, but as we were advancing to the attack, we left him and the others lying where they fell upon the battlefield; but when we fell back to the place where we had left our knapsacks, Billy's arm had been dressed by Dr.Buist, and he seemed to be quite easy.

He asked Jim Fogey to please write a letter to his parents at home.

He wished to dictate the letter.

He asked me to please look in his knapsack and get him a clean shirt, and said that he thought he would feel better if he could get rid of the blood that was upon him.