A member of Col. Stambaugh’s regiment, in Camp Negly, Ky., relates the following remarkable incident, as having occurred during a recent storm. He says that “about midnight the thunder and lighting burst over the camp in all its fury, and a deafning explosion took place in the adjoining tent. The terrific yells of the sentinel brought me to my feet. I soon found the tent to be on fire, and that Lt. Wishart of Fulton and Lt. West of Franklin county, Pa., were struck by lightning. Their sides were burnt to a crisp, yet God’s mercy interposed and saved their lives by the very weapons they had brought with them to protect themselves from the rebel foe little dreaming at the time that those weapons would prove their safety in a storm. Their swords were melted by their sides by the subtle fluid, and no doubt exhausted its fury and saved their lives.” Truly, the ways of Providence are wonderful.
Raftsman’s Journal, Clearfield, PA