. 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 . ired his gallantry, did justiceto his ineffectual heroism, gathered fromthe soldiers who had plundered his deadbody his effects, and sent these pieciousmemorials, with his body, to his friends.^ I have not seen in print any particu- lar account as to the time and manner ofhis death, and having learned from anoflicer of the 1st North Carolina Regi-ment, in front of which he fell, and whowas personally present at the battle ofBig Bethel the
. 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 . ired his gallantry, did justiceto his ineffectual heroism, gathered fromthe soldiers who had plundered his deadbody his effects, and sent these pieciousmemorials, with his body, to his friends.^ I have not seen in print any particu- lar account as to the time and manner ofhis death, and having learned from anoflicer of the 1st North Carolina Regi-ment, in front of which he fell, and whowas personally present at the battle ofBig Bethel the circumstances attendingthe skirmish- for it was hardly a re-spectal)le skirmish — I here set themdown. So inexperienced were commanders and troops on both sides that noadvantage was taken of blunders and errors eithei- in attack or defense. Col-onel [). II. J1 ill had command of the 1st North Carolina and Kandolphs batteryand a company of Virginia militia, mounted, and was stationed at or about thechurch called Big Bethel, where he threw iij) a line of breastworks only three orfour feet in height, dieneral Magruder, who was in command on the penin-. Majiih TuEonoiiiL WiNTiiRoi.
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