. 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 . ate with the detachedthe enemy, and that heThis statement wasat the time doubted, be-cause, unless the Uniontroops had been de-feated it was impossiblefor the enemy to be onthe line of communica-tion. However, anotherstaff officer volunteeredto go, saying that if hewas not back by mid-night, they might con-sider him captured. Thelast - mentioned officernot only communicatedwithout interference,but returned about thetime specified with the
. 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 . ate with the detachedthe enemy, and that heThis statement wasat the time doubted, be-cause, unless the Uniontroops had been de-feated it was impossiblefor the enemy to be onthe line of communica-tion. However, anotherstaff officer volunteeredto go, saying that if hewas not back by mid-night, they might con-sider him captured. Thelast - mentioned officernot only communicatedwithout interference,but returned about thetime specified with thenews of the gloriousvictory of Five Forks;and on the strength ofthat information thegeneral assault was made upon the Petersburg lines the following morning;il daylight, which resulted in the fall of Richmond and Petersburg, andeventually the surrender of General Lees army. Upon investigation, the orderly who accompanied the first-mentionedofficer stilted that he had seen nothing of the enemy (not knowing whatreport his officer had made) and had heard no shots tired, and the officerhimself was forced to admit that he was too much frightened to proceed. Tin: News of Five Forks. AMERICAN HEROISM. 147 further than he did. It is needless to say that he was never again intrustedwith an important commission, and was quietly dropped from the staff ashort time afterward. All men admit, if they speak truthfully, that the time when troops aretaking position preparatory to battle — when a few shells are bursting aboutand the advanced sharpshooters are picking off a man here and there — is themost trying to overcome, and four-fifths of the men would act cowardly wereit not for the moral courage which sustains them until the excitement ofactual conflict begins. It is during this trying period that men withoutmoral courage run away or surreptitiously drop out of the ranks and greater the intelligence and the more elevated the character of theindividual, the more he can be relied
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