. 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 . of Petersburg could be had had much experi- General .i Carolinas, where the Ninth was almost continually raiding and fighting, and this particularly fitted him for the important and dangerous duty imposed upon him. In fact, he was never satisfied unless engaged in exciting work AMKiUCAN HEROISM. 431 For ten days the ^)th New Jersey had a surfeit of fighting. Tn the directadvance on Drewrys Bhiff. Drake had the advance command, two com-pan
. 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 . of Petersburg could be had had much experi- General .i Carolinas, where the Ninth was almost continually raiding and fighting, and this particularly fitted him for the important and dangerous duty imposed upon him. In fact, he was never satisfied unless engaged in exciting work AMKiUCAN HEROISM. 431 For ten days the ^)th New Jersey had a surfeit of fighting. Tn the directadvance on Drewrys Bhiff. Drake had the advance command, two com-panies, his movements winning warm i^raise from his commander, GeneralHeckman, who closely followed Drakes thin line. As the lieutenant ueared the heavy fortificationshe saw a force of Con-therefrom, andm unicated• lieneralman. defending Fort Darling, federates emerging promptly com- the fact to nmirm^ Heck- who. Him to Richmond. bade him wait the arrival of the brigade, which speedily came up throughthe swamp. It was then that Drake, burning with a desire to open on the Confederates,was ordered to charge and drive the enemy behind his works. With a wildcheer his command leaped forward on the run across a small open space andinto the intricacies of the abatis fronting the works, the Confederatesprecipitately retiring. The young lieutenant quickly deployed his commandon reaching the abatis, and gained a position very close to the works where 432 THE STORY OF be was enabled to silence the enemys artillery, the Confederate gunners notdaring to work their pieces during the remainder of the day. At dark Drake was relieved, having been on duty thirty-five hours, andwhen he rejoined his regiment he was heartily congratulated, and subsequentlycomplimented in orders for the brilliant and successful manner in which hehad conducted his movements, in addition to being recommended to theSecretar
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