. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . and Lieutenants Cranston, Wright and Howe,and Lieutenant Harris mortally wounded. Besides there were eighteen men killedand seventeen wounded of this gallant band, which when it assembled for the laststand had hardly numbered fifty men. Major Green rescued the wounded, amongwhom was also the surgeon of the party.
. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . and Lieutenants Cranston, Wright and Howe,and Lieutenant Harris mortally wounded. Besides there were eighteen men killedand seventeen wounded of this gallant band, which when it assembled for the laststand had hardly numbered fifty men. Major Green rescued the wounded, amongwhom was also the surgeon of the party. Dr. Semig, who escaped death in a miracu-lous way. He had been twice severely wounded and lay helpless between the rocks,hearing, while still conscious, how the hostiles endeavored to reach him and lift his — 178 — scalp. Finally consciousness fled, and when he came to he was in the hands offriends, he having lain there fully twenty hours. Major Green had come in rapidly advancing soldiers kept the savages from crawling towards theirintended victim, as they would have been compelled to expose themselves had theydone so. This new disaster increased the energy of the military, and on the 2d of MayGeneral Davis reached the scene with a goodly force of fresh THEY TURNED AND OPENED THE ATTACK THEMSELVES. Two friendly Modoc squaws were sent into the lava beds as spies; after somedays absence they returned with the information that the enemy had gone. Instantly a vigorous pursuit was ordered. The exhausted savages had not been able to make much headway in their flight,and when they became aware that the soldiers were after them they turned andopened the attack themselves. This time they were badly beaten and scattered, andfinally fell back again to the lava beds, defending every inch of the ground againstthe vigorously pushing troops. The latter took the enemy between two lines, andthe situation of the sandwiched redskins became hopeless. They began to quarrelam
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