. Anecdotes, poetry, and incidents of the war : North and South : 1860-1865 . is own and the rebel Cap-tains) into his left hand, he knocked the ambu-lance-sergeant down with his right hand. Capt. Green then sprang forward some sisfeet, and grasped with his right hand the flag-staff of the rebel battle-flag, which the color-ser-geant was holding, and said to the color-bearer, Give me that flag, at the same time pullingthe flag-staff away from the Sergeant; he thentore the flag from the flag-staff, and flung thestaff over the parapet, putting the flag inside thebreast of his fatigue-jacket. Cap
. Anecdotes, poetry, and incidents of the war : North and South : 1860-1865 . is own and the rebel Cap-tains) into his left hand, he knocked the ambu-lance-sergeant down with his right hand. Capt. Green then sprang forward some sisfeet, and grasped with his right hand the flag-staff of the rebel battle-flag, which the color-ser-geant was holding, and said to the color-bearer, Give me that flag, at the same time pullingthe flag-staff away from the Sergeant; he thentore the flag from the flag-staff, and flung thestaff over the parapet, putting the flag inside thebreast of his fatigue-jacket. Capt. Green thenwent to two rebel privates, who were a few feet off,and commanded them to give up their muskets,which they did. Taking the muskets, he gavethem to some of his own company to carry off,and taking the equipments of the two privates,he flung them into a puddle of water near by;then going to the rebel Captain, he pulled himup off of the ground, and putting him, togetherwith the ambulance-sergeant, the color-sergeant,and the two privates, under charge of two of his. RODGERS ANECDOTES, POETRY, AND INCIDENTS. 125 company, sent them to the rear, to be placed incustody under the provost guard. Thus, in the short space of five minutes, disarmed one Captain, one ambulance-ser-geant, and two privates of the Twelfth Georgiavolunteers, besides taking their color-sergeant,with his colors, and sending the whole of them,five in number, as prisoners, under guard, to therear. The rebel flag was one of the Confederate bat-tle-flags, made of coarse red serge cloth, aboutfour and a half feet square, having a blueSaint Andrews cross running from each corner;three white stars were in each limb of the cross,and one star in the centre, making thirteen starsin all. The flag was sent to Gen. Hooker by hisorder : the sword was presented to Capt. Greenby his brigade commander, for his good conductduring- the battle. BATTLE ANTHEM. BY JOHN NEAL. Up, Christian warrior, up ! I
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