. 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 . ole survivingofficer, and, so far as I know, there are only three of the noncommissionedofficers and privates now alive. One. Mr. Forniss, resides in Alabama: one,Mr. Stevenson, resides in Texas, and one. Rev. N. B. Hogan. resides in last named was a mere boy at the time of his enlistment, and I was onlyseventeen when 1 received my commission as lieutenant. The only instance which, after this lapse of time. I can recall, of a
. 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 . ole survivingofficer, and, so far as I know, there are only three of the noncommissionedofficers and privates now alive. One. Mr. Forniss, resides in Alabama: one,Mr. Stevenson, resides in Texas, and one. Rev. N. B. Hogan. resides in last named was a mere boy at the time of his enlistment, and I was onlyseventeen when 1 received my commission as lieutenant. The only instance which, after this lapse of time. I can recall, of anyact which rendered any member of the company conspicuous above his fellows 240 THE STORY OF is that of Private Blakely. When we advanced to retake the crater atPetersburg the enemy were driven into the crater itself, which was surrounded by a bank of earthexplosion, and theyenclosed space asWhen the regimentof earth they closedand commencedthe dense mass con-kept firing till thedered; but private thrown out by thewere as thick in thethey could stand,reached this bankaround it, halted,bring across it intofined therein, andenemy surren-Blakelv of Com-. pany A, at the reached this bank, into the midst of wounded by land- a bayonet. and feelings on I he being under fire can words. 1 was first battle of Seven My regiment was flank, right in front, down the On the Maroii Toward Seven Pines. mail Iriim moment the line sprang over, alone, the enemy and was ing on the point of My experience occasion of my first >o told in a few under fire at the Pines, in May, 1862. marched by the bicliniond till we came to where AMERICAN HEROISM. -J 11 Kempers brigade was lying behind some capt ured earthworks. I [ere we filed tothe righi and moved out into an open field beyond the earthworks and beyondsome buildings which had hidden us from the view of the enemy. As soon aswe debouched into this field the enemy, who were lying in a dense pine on us a terrific fire with rifled muske
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