. The ancestors of my children : and other related children of the generations living in the morning of the twentieth century . ^ wounded as to com-pel him to leave the field, and, at this battle, he cap-tured, with his own hands, a rebel stand of bearing this trophy to a place of safety andbeyond a peradventure of recapture, he was asked, bya member of his regiment, to let him take it. YoungRice, as he afterward said, not, in the excitement ofthe occasion, comprehending the value, from thestandpoint of a soldier, of his trophy, and, not sus-pecting that any one would attempt to a
. The ancestors of my children : and other related children of the generations living in the morning of the twentieth century . ^ wounded as to com-pel him to leave the field, and, at this battle, he cap-tured, with his own hands, a rebel stand of bearing this trophy to a place of safety andbeyond a peradventure of recapture, he was asked, bya member of his regiment, to let him take it. YoungRice, as he afterward said, not, in the excitement ofthe occasion, comprehending the value, from thestandpoint of a soldier, of his trophy, and, not sus-pecting that any one would attempt to appropriate hiscapture and its fruits, handed it over. The recipientimmediately carried the colors to the General com-manding, as a trophy of his own taking. TheGeneral, in good faith, and in the belief that he whobrought the colors to him was, in fact, their captor,took them to Washington and had the attention ofCongress, then in session, brought to the Lyman Frisbie Rice**. LINE OF RICE 141 Congress, also, in good faith, at once voted a goldmedal for distinguished bravery, not to Rice who had,but to another, who had not, captured the stand ofconfederate colors; unless the possession thereof, bythat other, in the manner above stated can be called acapture. After the confusion resulting from the battleof Rappahannock Station had subsided and many ofthe surviving sick and wounded had returned fromhospitals, there being ample proof that young Ricehad captured the stand of colors in question, anattempt was urged to right the wrong and correct theerror. But, inasmuch as some time had elapsed, andCongress had acted and a record had been made up,the argument used, poor as it was, was, that it wasnot advisable to then correct the error ; as, to do so,would involve explanations discreditable to the regi-ment. The object here is not to reflect upon any oneor any organization ; but it is to preserve the abovefacts as a simple act of justice to
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