. 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 . his division, wliile prisoners underguard of part of a North Carolina regiment, suddenly rose, demanded surrender of the guard,seized their colors, and forced them all to yield, bringing them all into the Union lines. Forthis act of gallantry Hottenstein received a furlough of thirty davs. and a medal of honorfrom the Secretary of War. Hottenstein was less positive of being able to gain the Federal lines than 476 THE STORY OF he had been
. 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 . his division, wliile prisoners underguard of part of a North Carolina regiment, suddenly rose, demanded surrender of the guard,seized their colors, and forced them all to yield, bringing them all into the Union lines. Forthis act of gallantry Hottenstein received a furlough of thirty davs. and a medal of honorfrom the Secretary of War. Hottenstein was less positive of being able to gain the Federal lines than 476 THE STORY OF he had been of making the capture, for he tore from the tiag one of the starsas a souvenir, in case they should be retaken Itefore they had extricated them-selves from the tangle of Confederate soldiers everywhere around. Under the order issued by General Grant in the winter of 1865. giving afurlough of twenty-eight days to one man out of every thousand, Hottensteinwas selected by his colonel and the brigade commander as the foi-tunatesoldier from the 107th to receive the favor;but the chances of war were against him,for on the 6th of February, at the battle 4i ^. ■1l!m^n IfW^: 1^-. CCESSFll. of Hatchers Run, he was severely wounded,and instead of visiting his loved ones at liome, spent the time in a hosi)ital,remaining there until June 1, 1865. With that exception he was never absentfrom his regiment. KICHAKI) SMITH. OStii Nkw York Infantry. The ca])ture of twenty privates and two otticers is the credit given toRichard Smith, private Company B, 95th New York Volunteer Infantry, andif every private in the army had done as well as Mr. Smith, the war wouldhave speedily 1)een brought to a close. AMERICAN HEROISM. 477 Richard Smith was born in , N. Y., in 1S40; enlisted in hisnative town November 14, 1861, and served a full term of three years in the95th, which at the time of the operations in and around the Weldon Rail-road, Va., was a portion f)f the 3rd Brigade, ord Div
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