. 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 . the formation of thefront was broken. The color-l)earer discovered a force of theenemy emerging from the woods on the right,and called the attention of the com-mander of the regiment to the attackfrom that quarter. While doing so,Browne was seriously wounded in theside by a minie ba,ll. The colonel, noticing the bloodflowing down the color-bearers cloth-ing, and that he was wounded, urged hisretiring to the rear; but Browne wouldlisten to
. 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 . the formation of thefront was broken. The color-l)earer discovered a force of theenemy emerging from the woods on the right,and called the attention of the com-mander of the regiment to the attackfrom that quarter. While doing so,Browne was seriously wounded in theside by a minie ba,ll. The colonel, noticing the bloodflowing down the color-bearers cloth-ing, and that he was wounded, urged hisretiring to the rear; but Browne wouldlisten to no such suggestion. He stoodhis ground with colors flying, to rallyround him and restore to confidence his disorganized comrades. He thus remained at his post until the advance had crossed the open spaceand was within a short distance of our lines, when the enemy was cflectuallychecked by the warm reception they received. At that moment ColonelHamilton imperatively commanded Sergeant Browne to give the colors toanother, and go to the hospital. His own language regarding that moment indicates a pertinacity indefending his colors amounting to ^^■^^^M^fiy^ ///^^^^Af^ Captain Edward Browne. AMERICAN HEKOISM. 257 T transferred the colors — they were not dropped, bnt held up whilebeing transferred—to a noble fellow who afterward fell under them,and when the enenn-s line was broken and thej had retreated to thewoods whence they came, late in the afternoon, 1 went to the fieldhospital. While in the hospital he witnessed the battle, on the following day,with all the varying emotions attending the success orfailure of the Union forces, as the battle turned in onedirection or the other. As soon as his wound healed he returned to his regi-ment, and was in every engagement in which it partici-pated until finally mustered out. It was the corps in which his regiment was incor-poiated that was sent to the relief of the national capitalwhen Early, with fifty thousand veter-ans,
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