. 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 . was wounded, whilethe two on my immediate left were killed. The afternoon wore on. and as evening approached the Hash from ourrifles when discharged showed plainly our position. An observation made byme at this time revealed the fact that few except the dead and wounded were 152 THE STORY OF on the field. A last volley was fired, of which the visible result to us was areturn vollej and the killing of one of our men. By lying low and caref
. 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 . was wounded, whilethe two on my immediate left were killed. The afternoon wore on. and as evening approached the Hash from ourrifles when discharged showed plainly our position. An observation made byme at this time revealed the fact that few except the dead and wounded were 152 THE STORY OF on the field. A last volley was fired, of which the visible result to us was areturn vollej and the killing of one of our men. By lying low and carefully watching, I discovered the enemy moving toanother part of the field a short distance away. I then began to look aroundamong the men, and found but two besides myself that were not killed orwounded. Turn which way one would, nothing but the dead, the dying and thewounded could be seen. I can now, after thirty-one years have passed, seethat sight and hear from the wounded and dying the calls for water. We three began to relieve the suffering so far as we could, and to get thewounded away from the place. This work we continued until about half-past. ^c^c^-s^^ Seeking Mis nine oclock, when we started to find the regiment. I was, being a corporaland having had three months service in Company H, 1st New HampshireVolunteer infantry, looked upon as the leader. The regiment was finally found, and through my urgent solicitations twoofficers and a number of men were sent with me to remove as many of thewounded as we could, without drawing the firo of the enemy. On returning to the field, I found through my own ol)servation and thatf)i our own soldiers, who were stationed well up to the fi-ont. that the enemyhad advanced his picket line some way beyond his own line, and well up tothat of ours. Because of this advance our pickets would not allow us to go AMERICAN HEROISM. 153 outside of the lines, but by urgeut appeals I was permitted, knowingwhere the man was, to go and get o
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