. 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 . the center, acting with theAnnv of the Tennessee on the left, moved forward from the entrenchments in front ofChattanoocra. to the assault on Missionary Ridge. General Grant and his staff, surroundedbv the generals of the ^Yeste^n armv. looked on from Orchard Knob, a commanding elevation AMERICAN HEROISM. 351 in the rear. The history of the splendidrharsje has been read and re-read by theeople of the civilized world, and fair-minded men a
. 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 . the center, acting with theAnnv of the Tennessee on the left, moved forward from the entrenchments in front ofChattanoocra. to the assault on Missionary Ridge. General Grant and his staff, surroundedbv the generals of the ^Yeste^n armv. looked on from Orchard Knob, a commanding elevation AMERICAN HEROISM. 351 in the rear. The history of the splendidrharsje has been read and re-read by theeople of the civilized world, and fair-minded men accord to the officers andmen of the line the honor of the captureof Missionary Ridge. No general gavethe command to carry the works at thesummit: the orders only compassed thetaking of the line of breastworks at thebase of the ridg-e. ■•After the enemy had been quicklydislodged from this position the soldierswith singular unanimity decided to finishthe job and Missionary Ridge was standards of theUnion waved along the►^ntire line from Lookoutto Tunnel Hill before thesun sank to rest that even-ing. The Confederateline was pierced at six. different points at aboutthe same moment, andamong the first to crossthe line was the 15th OhioVolunteers, one companyof which. A, was recruitedat New Concord. Mus-kingum County. C. Cummins, its com-mander, was mortallywounded at the crest of the ridge, anddied the following February. One of themembers of the company. R. B. Brown,now the business manacrer of the CourierCompany, captured the colors of the 9thMississippi Infantry by leaping over thebreastworks, and delivered the flag to hisbrigade commander, the late GeneralAugust Willich. that night. • The fact of the capture of the flagwas noted by Colonel Cyrus Askew, commandinff theregiment, but comrade Brown remained in ignorance ofthis mention by his regimental commander until re-cently. Now. more than a quarter of a century after 352 THE STORY OF the engagement,
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