. 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 . abres clashed against bayo-nets, where the roar and din of liattle drowned all other sounds, and, for thetime, it was each man for himself. I saw a Confederate flag a short distancein front of me, around which the officers were trying to rally their such of the boys of the Sth as were in my immediate vicinity, we rodeup to the party, when I ordered the color-bearer to surrender. He refused,and a stubborn fight between us ensued.
. 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 . abres clashed against bayo-nets, where the roar and din of liattle drowned all other sounds, and, for thetime, it was each man for himself. I saw a Confederate flag a short distancein front of me, around which the officers were trying to rally their such of the boys of the Sth as were in my immediate vicinity, we rodeup to the party, when I ordered the color-bearer to surrender. He refused,and a stubborn fight between us ensued. I grasped the flag in one hand, AMERICAN HEROISM. 587 usiug my sabre with the other, until the brave defender of the colors droppedfrom his horse, never to carry a standard again. Giving the captured flag to one of my men. we dashed on after prisoners,wagons, guns and flags, until all in front of us was in our possession. GeneralSheridan and General Custer were pleased to compliment me on the field; Iwas appointed bearer of dispatches to the Secretary of War, and also commis-sioned to turn over to him the seventeen flags which were taken in the CinKCR OK Mex at In addition to being awarded the medal of honoi-. T was given a thirtydays leave of absence, with free transportation to any part of the country,and enjoyed my stay in Washington and the subsequent visit to my home, asonly a soldier can who has seen long and arduous service in the field. LIEUTENANT DANIEL CAI>DWELL. IStii Pkxnsylvania Cavalry. Daniel Caldwell was born at Marble Hall. Pa., in ].S42. and enlistedat Philadelphia as private in the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, August 26, 588 THE STORY OF 1802. Ou New Years day of 18G3, the loth left Baltimore for Poiut ofKocks. Caldwell writes regarding his duties as a soldiei-. from the night of thisfirst march: The battalion forded the Potomac River into Virginia, and we rode allnight with wet clothes, or until they had frozen. We had a skiiini
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