. 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 in Company U, 2nd RegimentOhio Volunteer record of the 2nd Infantry, taken from Whitelaw Reids work,Ohio in the War, states that it was organized for the second time in August and September, 1S61, after having served athree month s campaign around the city of Wash-ington. In the numerous small engagements in whichit paiticipated it was a credit to the State that sentit forth to do battle for the Union, but it willsufKce t
. 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 in Company U, 2nd RegimentOhio Volunteer record of the 2nd Infantry, taken from Whitelaw Reids work,Ohio in the War, states that it was organized for the second time in August and September, 1S61, after having served athree month s campaign around the city of Wash-ington. In the numerous small engagements in whichit paiticipated it was a credit to the State that sentit forth to do battle for the Union, but it willsufKce to give the record of the regimentin the engagement where private Surleswon his medal of honor, viz., Perryville,Ky., October S. 1SG2. Quoting from Mr. Reids work: The rewinuMit was assiirneil to Rousseausdivision, and tliat oMiiiiiiiand jiarticijiatcd in tliewell-contested battle at Perryville. or ChaplinHills, foucjht on the 8th of October. 18(32, losingin the action fortv per cent, of all engaired. Captains Uerrvhill and Herrcl and twenty-seven enlisted men were killed, and CaptainsBeatty, Maxwell and McCoy and seventy-eightenlisted men woundt> P/ ^^^/T W. II. SiRLES. The story of Surles bravery aiul sul)-sequent winning of the medal of honor can be told, it would seem, in nobetter way than by taking extracts from the Proceedings of the Twenty- AMERICAN HEROISM. 181 sixth Annual Encampment of the Department of Ohio. G. A. K., at Piqua,May 10 to 12, 1892. Comrade F. G. Mitchell, iritchell Post 4). Commander: — I think that the desire of this ent;ampment now is to have the quali-fications of men with lon£^ records given in sliort speeches. 1 shall not read a long record,but simply something that is very suggestive as to the military record of the one whosename T want now to present to you. The following copy was read: First Division. Fourteenth Aimv Corps, )Chattanooga, Tenn., January 20, 1864. \Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. Sik:—I liave the honor to make app
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