. Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of author's desperate leap from a swiftly moving train of cars, and a fatiguing tramp of 1,000 miles through three Confederate states, in making his escape from a prison-pen . omrade to the hospital. A month later Newbury cleverly captured a private namedJohnson, belonging to the Lincoln Cavalry of New York, whileattempting to enter the Confederate lines as a deserter. John-son was shortly after executed for his crime in the presence ofthe Union army near Alexandria. NEW JERSEYS MEDAL WINNERS. MORE than one million men
. Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of author's desperate leap from a swiftly moving train of cars, and a fatiguing tramp of 1,000 miles through three Confederate states, in making his escape from a prison-pen . omrade to the hospital. A month later Newbury cleverly captured a private namedJohnson, belonging to the Lincoln Cavalry of New York, whileattempting to enter the Confederate lines as a deserter. John-son was shortly after executed for his crime in the presence ofthe Union army near Alexandria. NEW JERSEYS MEDAL WINNERS. MORE than one million men have sought for, and less thantwo thousand men have secured, the most coveted prizeoffered by this country to the soldier and sailor—theCongressional Medal of Honor. But twenty-seven of this num-ber belonged to New Jersey commands—ten having member-ship in the First New Jersey cavalry, which appears to havebeen particularly fortunate in this respect. Not even a Presi-dent of the United States, as Commander in Chief, nor the Ad-miral of the Navy can win it, however brave they might be. The Medal of Honor is the highest decoration for personalvalor awarded to soldiers and sailors of the United States. It is REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. 211. to Americans what the IronCross of Germany, the Vic-toria Cross of England, or theCross of the Legion of Honorof France are to those coun-tries (but much harder towin), the reward of the high-est and most self-sacrificingheroism. Every wearer of itis supposed to be a herowhose personal deeds in bat-tle, by sea or land, have beenso conspicuous as to merit theapproval of the War Depart-ment and of the President ofthe United States, upon thosewho staked their all for thesalvation of the country, butit is known medals have beenissued to some who never hada sound claim for the is shown, for instance,in the award of medals to fourmembers of the Twenty-seventh New Jersey Infantry—a ninemonths regiment—for simply offering their se
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