. 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 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 HEROIS
. 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 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-. \ eiiiioiit Infantry. ton P ( Liik, who was in com- lUtrinient at Spottsylvania, count of Noyes action: Notes on the Breastworks. the heavy lossesWilderness cam-tail of our onlythat day, the com-V e r m o n t Regi-on me. Very early2ud Regiment,ordered forwardwoods, through acharged the Con- Mr. Noyes was bornenlisted in hispany F., 2nd Captain Day-mand of the 2ndthus gives an ac-bravery during the By reason ofincurred during thepaign, and the de-held officer on dutymand of the 2ndment devolved up-in the morning thewith others, wasthrough a piece ofsmall clearing, and federate line, which was protected by breastworks at the further end of thisclearing. As the commanding officer of the regiment, my duties caused meto move up and down the entire length on my line, and you may be sure thatI had all I could attend to. The men were reaching over the breastworksand were firing into the Confederates on the other side, as well as trying topunch them with bayonets, and the Confederates were doi
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