. 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 . S64, and was present at the mine July New Market Heights September 29, his rank-ing officers being shot down, Sergeant Holland com-manded the company, carrying one of the outer was wounded in this battle; but did not leavethe field. He served with his regiment near DutchGap, Va., until October 4, when they went to Fair was under Butler at Fort Fisher in Janu^ In the second dash on the sa
. 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 . S64, and was present at the mine July New Market Heights September 29, his rank-ing officers being shot down, Sergeant Holland com-manded the company, carrying one of the outer was wounded in this battle; but did not leavethe field. He served with his regiment near DutchGap, Va., until October 4, when they went to Fair was under Butler at Fort Fisher in Janu^ In the second dash on the same fortifica-tion, under (leneral Terry, Hollands companycaptured Fort Lamb, together with the colonelin whose honor the fortification was Hollands story is here told\\\ by one of his race, and we quote almostverbatim from the manuscri])t before us: He was born in Texas in 1JS44. In 1861 he was attending school in Athens County. Ohio, and there volunteered, together with many of the pupils. .\t this first enlistment he was rejected of his ago: but nothing daunted, he immediately sought employment in the iiuai-termasters M. Holland. AMERICAN HEROIS^r. 517 and served under Colonel Nelson H. Van Vorhis. Not until June, 1863, washe mustered into the United States service and assigned to the 5th ITnitedStates Colored Troops, a regiment raised in, and accredited to, Ohio. The 5th was engaged in the campaigns in Virginia and North Carolinaunder General B. F. Butler, and in the winter of 1S(53 took part in a raid intoNorth Carolina by the way of the Dismal Swamp, capturing forage andemancipating slaves under the then recent Emancipation Proclamation. Inthe early winter and spring of 1864, Holland was with his regiment in thetwo raids from Yorktown to Bottoms Bridge, the hrst l)eing made for the
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