. 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 . until nearly midnight, thenwent into camp, made some coffee, and slept about two hours. The next morning my wound pained me so l)adly that I could haidlymove, and our surgeon was at Winchester attending to the wounded. I wentto the 7th Michigan, where I got flxed up. General Custer sent for me whileI was there. I reported as soon as possible, and he asked for the particularsconcerning the capture of the colors. After I told him. he cut on
. 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 . until nearly midnight, thenwent into camp, made some coffee, and slept about two hours. The next morning my wound pained me so l)adly that I could haidlymove, and our surgeon was at Winchester attending to the wounded. I wentto the 7th Michigan, where I got flxed up. General Custer sent for me whileI was there. I reported as soon as possible, and he asked for the particularsconcerning the capture of the colors. After I told him. he cut one of thestars out of the flag, and an officer asked him what he was going to do witliit. He said he intended to get enough stais, taking one from each capturedcolor, to make a whole flag. The standai-d 1 took was the regimental flag ofthe 4()th Virginia, with two red stripes, one white one, and a blue tield, onwhich were eleven stars. Sergeant Henry Fox of Company M of the r)th Michigan also gota flag. General (_uster ordered us to report to (Icncral Torbert, chief of cavalry,and when we arrived at his headquarters we met several others from different. Tub Unsken Antagonist. AMERICAN HEROISM. 489 regiments. I remember onlj one, and be was Chester Bowen. 1 tbink of the2nd New York Dragoons. A lieutenant in the Regular Army took charge of those who had capturedflags, and a company of the 4th New York Cavalry escorted lis to PleasantValley, where we turned our horses over to the quartermaster, and took thetrain to Washington, arriving there about dark. The lieutenant said : Boys, go where you please, but report at WillardsHotel to-morrow morning at nine oclock sharp. We repoited as ordered, and went from there to the Secretary of War,to whom we presented our flags. He shook each fellow by the hand, andthanked him in the name of the people and Congress; gave us the liberty ofthe city for five days and nights, after which we were to report to him andreceive our medals of honor. When
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