. 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 . Prince was taken prisoner, and General Geary had his armshattered by a minie ball. The brigades of Crawford and Gordon on theright encountered the same overwhelming masses of two to one, but werenot beaten back until more than half the men had fallen or were taken prisoners. The b r i g a d e of Crawford especially sufferedterribly. The regiments in allthe brigadeswere very thin,some of themnot having morethan two hun-dred men. The forces
. 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 . Prince was taken prisoner, and General Geary had his armshattered by a minie ball. The brigades of Crawford and Gordon on theright encountered the same overwhelming masses of two to one, but werenot beaten back until more than half the men had fallen or were taken prisoners. The b r i g a d e of Crawford especially sufferedterribly. The regiments in allthe brigadeswere very thin,some of themnot having morethan two hun-dred men. The forcesunder GeneralBanks, w h i c hwere engaged in. the battle, num-bered about 10,-000, while those of Jackson, Ewell and Longstreet, amounted to more than 21,000. Theloss on each side was about 2,000. In the evening General Pope arrivedon the field, accompanied by General McDowell with a part of his division,which was rapidly placed in position. General Sigel. with his force, alsoarrived, but the battle was over so far as the infantry was concerned. Can-nonading continued until late at night. Writing in regard to this particular service Mr. Younker says:. Carryino the Order to Cease Firing. At the battle of Cedar Mountain our own artillery fire became very de-structive to the Union forces, when Captain T. M. Anderson, 12th United StatesInfantry, called for a volunteer to carry the order back to cease firing, whichI volunteered to do. I took the order, and on my return was wounded in theleft arm. I was promoted on the field to corporal; hence the medal of honor. 136 THE STORY OF CHARLES SHAMBAUGH. 11th Pennsylvania Reserves. Charles Shambaugh is at present employed in the war department atWashington. He was corporal of Company B. 11th Pennsylvania Reserves,and captured a flag at Charles City crossroads, June 80, 1SG2. Shambaugh, seeing the Confederate colors, remarked to Sergeant Howardthat as the Confederates had taken some of their flags at Gaines Mills, with the capture of nine c
Size: 2282px × 1095px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidstoryofamericanh00wall
