Whilst we were on our retreat two of our men were carrying [a fellow
soldier named] Sayer who was severely wounded, one of them was
struck by a musket ball stunning him, and letting the wounded man
fall on the ground, his bowels comming out, the other putting them
back as best he could. Then one of the Rhode Island boys took hold
with me and helped. While we were carrying him the R-I-boys arm was
shot away by a cannon ball. A surgeon passing by looked at Sayer &
told us it was no use trying to take him any further as he could not live,
so we left him there.
—Henry F. Ritter, a Union soldier, July 23, 1861