From the Richmond Dispatch, 4/4/1862, p. 2, c. 3

Accidentally Killed. – While Capt. Davidson's artillery company was drilling yesterday, at Camp Lee, four horses, attached to a caisson, ran away, throwing private R. W. Outland under the wheels, and killing him instantly. The other men on the caisson were uninjured. The deceased leaved a family in Richmond.

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