Tag: Civil War

  • Mr. James J. Kane of the U.S. Navy

    Mr. James J. Kane of the U.S. Navy

    Date: Most Likely Summer of 1864Location: Gulf of Mexico The “Daily Mail,” for October 1st, published a remarkable narrative of an experience of passing out of, and return to, the physical body. Mr. James J. Kane, for thirty years chaplain in the United States Navy, says that he had been eight times at the point…

  • Sergeant-Major Albert Adams

    Sergeant-Major Albert Adams

    Date: February, 1862. (Battle of Fort Henry, American Civil War) Location: Near Stewart County, TN, USA. April 22nd, 1884 I received my degree from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill., at the close of the session 1857-8, and having said so much will proceed to give you as clear and complete a statement of the occurrence…

  • U.S. Civil War Artilleryman

    U.S. Civil War Artilleryman

    Date: Circa, 1861-1865 [U.S. Civil War] Location: Undetermined, USA. Some years ago I became acquainted with a stalwart ex-soldier of our Civil War. He was an artilleryman, and was sitting on the ammunition chest of his gun when it was hit by a shell from the enemy’s gun and exploded. The man was thrown into…