Firsthand Account of Combat

[Mudslinger]

Re: Firsthand Account of Combat

I can understand the event of shooting himself (Farnsworth) four times, even if the information is inaccurate. Being in EMS and Emergency Medicine for 12 years, I have cared for many a patient, through many variables such as attempted suicide, that have pulled the trigger more than once to end thier own life. It happens even at present more than most folks realize. Also, the mere fact that an abdominal wound was considered fatal, would make sense in Farnsworth turning his revolver on himself to end the process quickly.


Nick Miller
33rd O.V.I., Co. F
Mudslinger Mess
Acorn Boys

"With the bayonet one can do anything."-Napoleon

[stubbynick]

Re: Firsthand Account of Combat

Nick,

Hats off to you and the work you you have chosen to make a living! You are much needed out there! Thanks for sharing your experience. Good food for thought.
I too can understand someone shooting themself multiple times with a semi automatic and in some stretch a double action weapon. Just thought it odd to shoot oneself four times with a cap and ball single action.

Regards,
Gerald

Gerald Smolik
4th VA. CO.A

[Rear Rank 2]

Re: Firsthand Account of Combat

This is good stuff. It was straight forward plain soldier talk without any self aggrandizement. I really appreciate you sharing this.

[Mudslinger]

Re: Firsthand Account of Combat

Nick,

Hats off to you and the work you you have chosen to make a living! You are much needed out there! Thanks for sharing your experience. Good food for thought.
I too can understand someone shooting themself multiple times with a semi automatic and in some stretch a double action weapon. Just thought it odd to shoot oneself four times with a cap and ball single action.

Regards,
Gerald

Gerald Smolik
4th VA. CO.A

Gerald,

Thank you for the compliment, it is something we rarely hear these days in the profession. Excellent thread I might add, please add more as you find them. It is odd with a cap-and-ball revolver that someone could induce such a self-inflicted shot four times. But, as I have often stated, it is not hard raised in the 20th and 21st centuries, with our mindset and knowledge of the weapons of our day, compared to those during the war, to see the event as odd. Still, it was a desperate and selfish act to shoot one's self, even four times. That.....is hard a concept for many to grasp, even today. Again, excellent combat account!

YOS,

Nick Miller
33rd O.V.I., Co. F
Mudslinger Mess
Acorn Boys

"With the bayonet one can do anything."-Napoleon

[Gary of CA]

Re: Firsthand Account of Combat

Thank you Joe for sharing it with us (and for the link).