. 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 . e end of the second we arrived atAppomattox River, and crossed on thebridge of the Danville Railroad madefit for that purpose by laying planksacross the ties. Whilst awaiting the passage of themain body of the troops an incident oc-curred of an amusing character. It wasabout sunset and the men had been dis-mounted and were resting, and I was pacing up and down in no amialjle humor. I looked back in the rear and. saw a solitary figure plod
. 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 . e end of the second we arrived atAppomattox River, and crossed on thebridge of the Danville Railroad madefit for that purpose by laying planksacross the ties. Whilst awaiting the passage of themain body of the troops an incident oc-curred of an amusing character. It wasabout sunset and the men had been dis-mounted and were resting, and I was pacing up and down in no amialjle humor. I looked back in the rear and. saw a solitary figure plodding along in our direction. He was a man in his shirt sleeves, barefoot, with his shoes tied together and hanging from the handle of an auger he carried on his back. He had thrown away his musket, but was loaded down with a lot of plunder. In answer to my questions he informed me he belonged to an infantry regiment in front, but that he was not able to keep up. I suppose not, I said, with that load. What are you doing with that heavy bag and that axe and that pair of flat irons? Then I lost my temper. What the devil do you expect to do with an auger?. A Pbemature Surrender. AMERICAN HEROISM. 631 He answered meekly, never cracking a smile: Colonel, I thought mebbe I mout want to bore a hole. The countenances of officers and men around bore a broad smile. Go forward, sir! I said, and join your regiment. Dont let me seeyou again. No sir, I wont, he answered meekly. Having passed the Appomattox we went into camp not far from AmeliaCourt House for the night. The next morning early we arrived at AmeliaCourt House and joined General Lee with his Petersburg troops. Here we ex-pected to be supplied with rations, but unfortunately by some misconceptionof orders the provision trains ordered to this point to supply the troops didnot stop here, but went on to Danville. We had left Richmond with twodays rations in haversacks expecting to meet supplies at this point. We gotno regular issue o
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