. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . bine, and, being well concealed behind trees and rocks, wereable to do very effective work. Tt was rei)orted tlnit they killed :nid woundeda large number. After trying for a long time to force a crossing, the enemy AMERICAN HEROISM. 569 swam the river above and below the ford, out of sight of those gallant men,surrounded them, and made them prisoners, one of them, a horse farrier, bythe name of Griggs, lieing badly wounded. General Wheele
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . bine, and, being well concealed behind trees and rocks, wereable to do very effective work. Tt was rei)orted tlnit they killed :nid woundeda large number. After trying for a long time to force a crossing, the enemy AMERICAN HEROISM. 569 swam the river above and below the ford, out of sight of those gallant men,surrounded them, and made them prisoners, one of them, a horse farrier, bythe name of Griggs, lieing badly wounded. General Wheeler was present at that crossing, and the following conver-sation is said to have occurred. I do not vouch for the literal verbal accuracyof this statement, but I do not doubt that it is substantially correct: Going up to the wounded man. General Wheeler said, Well, my man,how many men did you have at that ford ? We had seven, sir. Now see here, my good fellow, dout you know that you are pretty badlyhit, and may die? You might aswell tell me the truth about it. Griggs with Iising indignation— 1 am telling you the truth, only had seven men, We are the Poorest of the Lot. At this General Wheeler seemed amused, and laughingly said: Sevenmen? Why, what did you expect to do with seven men? Why, we exi^ected to keep you from crossing that ford, sir. This greatly amused the general, and bursting into a laugh, he said: Well, why didnt you do it? To which Griggs replied: Why, you see, we did until you hit me, andthat weakened our forces so much that you made out to cross. General Wheeler was so pleased and with his wounded prisoner,that he at once paroled him, and turning to another prisoner, he said: I 570 THE STORY OF want you to stay and take care of this man, aiul dont you let him die. Heis too good and brave a man to be allowed to die. Then turning to anotherprisoner, who also happened to be a horse farrier, he said: To whatcommand do you fellows belong? Th
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