. 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 . ratu-lating ourselves njion our escape, we suddenly ran upon three men standingnear a sawmill. Darting into a swamp we again managed to elude our enemies, who,however, continued the pursuit, rendering matters as uncomfortable for us. Fortunately we discovered a log over a small, though deep, runningstream, which had put a stop to our headlong flight, and this enabled threeof us to cross to the other side. The log snapped in tw
. 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 . ratu-lating ourselves njion our escape, we suddenly ran upon three men standingnear a sawmill. Darting into a swamp we again managed to elude our enemies, who,however, continued the pursuit, rendering matters as uncomfortable for us. Fortunately we discovered a log over a small, though deep, runningstream, which had put a stop to our headlong flight, and this enabled threeof us to cross to the other side. The log snapped in twain while CaptainGrant was crawling o\er it. and his precipitation into the water our imminent danger, we were compelled to lose valuable time inhauling him out upon the l)ank. and waiting while \\o enjoyed the luxury of■changing his stockings. The jungle which we almostimnirdiately entered, saved us from did not emerge therefrdin nnlil tlnfollowing evening, when we foundhard grotnid in the shape of a Held where sw((>t potatoes had recently beendug, enough of which were gathered up to make two or ihreo liearly CO Q CC ozo < a: UJ zOw q: Q. au Q. < oCO UJ AMERICAN HEROISM. 439 Before the lapse of a week, however, we met with a terrible misfortunein the loss of our cooking utensils, knives, forks, spoons, towel, several boxesof matches, etc. The rations which had filled our improvised (salt bag)sacks on starting, had given out, compelling us to seek sustenance in thecornfields, swamps, etc. We had found a potato patch which rejoiced ourhearts, and were enjoying a banquet in the woods very early one morning,little dreaming of danger in so secluded a spot, when a party of horsemendashed furiously toward us. Self preservation being the first law of nature,we started headlong in an opposite direction, having no opportunity to saveany of the indispensable articles mentioned. Our loss was irreparable — almost the worst thing that could
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