. 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 . d Trees — The Capture op the Works. A centratetl THE BATTLE OP SPOTTSYLVANIA. S evidence of the fierceness of the battle of Spottsylvania the followingitem, which appeared in the Richmond , may be quoted: Most people have doubted the literal accuracy of the dispatch coneerninjJthe battle of Spottsylvania, which alleged that trees were cut down under the con-fire of minie balls. We doubted the literal fact ourselves, and would d
. 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 . d Trees — The Capture op the Works. A centratetl THE BATTLE OP SPOTTSYLVANIA. S evidence of the fierceness of the battle of Spottsylvania the followingitem, which appeared in the Richmond , may be quoted: Most people have doubted the literal accuracy of the dispatch coneerninjJthe battle of Spottsylvania, which alleged that trees were cut down under the con-fire of minie balls. We doubted the literal fact ourselves, and would doubt it still, but for the indisputable testimony of McGill, an eye-witness of the tree stood near our breastworks at a pointupon which at one time the most murderousmusketry fire that ever was heard of was tree fell inside our works, and injured sev-eral of our men. After the battle Dr. McGillmeasured the trunk and found it twenty-twoinches through and sixty-one inches in circum-ference, actually hacked through by the awfulavalanche of bullets packing against it. Thefoliage of the tree was trimmed away as effectu-. The Felled Tree at Spottsylvania. ally as though an army of locusts hadswarmed on its branches. A grasshop-per could not have lived through they)elting of the leaden storm, and butfor the fact that our troops were ])ro-tected by breastworks they would havebeen swept away to a man. The list of eighteen men who were awarded medals for their heroism onthis particular twelfth day of May, 1864, will be found in another chapter. AMERICAN HEROISM. 395 WILLIAM WALLACE NOYES. 2xn Vermont Ixfantry. Among the letters received from the recipients of medals on this occa-sion is one from William Wallace Noyes, now residing in Montpelier, Vt. in Montpelier. Vt., in 1846. July 2S, 1S63, town as private in Com-
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