. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . hghting force of Crooks command did not reach1,000 men. In the attack upon the third bluff the troops suffered severely, especially Com-pany L, of the Third Cavalry, under Captain Vroom, who had ventured too farforward. It was only the skill of Captain G. V. Henry of Company D, Third Cavalry,and Colonel Royal, wh
. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . hghting force of Crooks command did not reach1,000 men. In the attack upon the third bluff the troops suffered severely, especially Com-pany L, of the Third Cavalry, under Captain Vroom, who had ventured too farforward. It was only the skill of Captain G. V. Henry of Company D, Third Cavalry,and Colonel Royal, who brought up re-enforcements, which prevented the cuttingoff and, of course, consequent cutting up of this troop. In the melee Captain Henrywas shot through the face. The gallant officer, with blood rushing from his mouth,kept on his horse, although for the time being completely blinded; finally he fellfrom the saddle fainting and exhausted. So close together were the contestantsthat a party of howling Sioux actually charged over the captains prostrate they were quickly repelled, as was the whole hostile line. It was during this melee that First Sergeant J. H. Shingle, of Troop I, ThirdCavalry, won his Medal of Honor. Shingle had been placed in command of the /if ?*. PRIVATE MURPHY WAS THE ONLY ONE LEFT. NOT DISABLED. 210 —
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