. 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 . ThomasMurphy, and these three then sprang at the natives. A desperate hand-to-handfight ensued. The struggle had been observed from the fort and a detachment ofmarines hurried to the rescue. When they arrived they found both Allen andMurphy dead, and Lukes, with eighteen sword and spear wounds, lying unconsciouso
. 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 . ThomasMurphy, and these three then sprang at the natives. A desperate hand-to-handfight ensued. The struggle had been observed from the fort and a detachment ofmarines hurried to the rescue. When they arrived they found both Allen andMurphy dead, and Lukes, with eighteen sword and spear wounds, lying unconsciouson the body of his lieutenant. The man lay for thirty-nine days unconscious in theColorados sick-bay, and as a result of the terrible hacking he had gone throughbecame an invalid for life. The Medal of Honor was the reward for his unswervingdevotion. The following men also received the Medal in this engagement: FrederickFranklin, quartermaster; Alexander McKenzie, boatswains mate; Cyrus Hayden,carpenter; Charles Brown, corporal of marines; Samuel F. Rogers, quartermaster;William Troy, seaman; Michael Owens, marine; JohnColeman, marine, of the Colo-rado. H. P. Grace, chief quartermaster; John Andrews, seaman; James Dougherty,marine, and Michael McNamara, marine, of the A DESPERATE HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT TOOK PLACE. 94- IN AN ARCTIC STORM Tn 1873, the United States steamer Tigress was sent to the far North in search of^ the exploring ship Polaris, and to rescue those of her officers and men who werestill alive. She was driven about by the wind and current in the great fields of iceand thousands of icebergs in Baffins Bay until finally, in September she was ableto force her way through Cumberland Gulf, where she remained for two weeks inorder to repair the damage done while being buffeted about in the ice. When these repairs had been made. Commander Greer brought her out, butbefore she had fairly fought her way out to the pack ice of the stream, a fresh north-easter blew up.
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