Postwar accounts by a Confederate soldier who claimed Farnsworth committed suicide with his pistol to avoid capture have been discounted .
Farnsworth fell from his horse , struck in the chest , abdomen and leg by five bullets .
Postwar accounts by a Confederate soldier who claimed Farnsworth committed suicide with Farnsworth 's pistol to avoid capture have been discounted .
Farnsworth fell from his horse , struck in the chest , abdomen and leg by five bullets .