. 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 . electrical. Every man of the 1st Minnesotasprang to protect its flag,and the rest rushed withthem upon the enemy. Thebayonet was used for a fewmoments, and cobble stoneswith which the ground waswell covered filled the air,being thrown bv those in therear over the heads of theircomrades. The struggle,desperate and deadly whileit lasted, was soon OBrien, whohad seized the flag, receivedtwo wounds in the final me-lee at the mom
. 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 . electrical. Every man of the 1st Minnesotasprang to protect its flag,and the rest rushed withthem upon the enemy. Thebayonet was used for a fewmoments, and cobble stoneswith which the ground waswell covered filled the air,being thrown bv those in therear over the heads of theircomrades. The struggle,desperate and deadly whileit lasted, was soon OBrien, whohad seized the flag, receivedtwo wounds in the final me-lee at the moment of thevictory. At Deep Bottom, Va.,August 14, 1864, I took partin a charge after being ex-cused from duty on accountof sickness, and was shotthrough the right lung whilein advance of my Gettysburg I was shot inthe head and hand while carrying the flag at the time of Picketts charge, and the dayprevious was shot in the side in a charge made by the regiment. At Bristoe Station, Va.,October 14, 1863, I was sent on a dangerous mission by Lieutenant-Colonel Downie, andperformed the service in such a manner as to receive his cordial An Episode ix the Charge of the First Minnesota. MAJOR-GENERAL. ALEXANDER S. WEBB. The Congress to Brevet Major-General Alexander S. Webb, United States army, fordistinguished personal gallantry in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., .July 3, 1863. This officer had received from the war office six brevets for gallantservices before the Secretary of War awarded this medal of honor for hisconduct on July 3, 1S63. The brevet of •Major-General of Volunteers, given August 1, 1864, readsas follows: For gallant and distinguished conduct at Gettysburg, at Bristoe Station, at the Battle of the Wilderness, and at Spottsylvania. 312 THE STORY OF The especial service at Gettysburg. July 3, 1863, is well told andminutely corroborated in the record of the testimony taken before theMaster, by order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in the suit
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