150 years ago today - Sep 21, 1861

[General] Brigham Young's "destroying angel" William A. "Wild Bill" Hickman falls down and accidentally shoots himself in the liver when his gun discharges. He lives for twenty-two more years and omits this incident from his memoirs that are written before his execution.

[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]

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