. 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 . bout a quarter of aThe Confederateswas barely time to tiretuipentine and , was ordeied towas told that he wouldof the river, neartwo companies ofplenty of turpen-his use as soon asbut t h e bridgeat all hazards andvented fromwas well known entire command General Theodore S. Peck tion depended upon the burning of both these bridges; if either was leftundestroyed and the enemy permitted to cross, the chances were that whatwas left of
. 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 . bout a quarter of aThe Confederateswas barely time to tiretuipentine and , was ordeied towas told that he wouldof the river, neartwo companies ofplenty of turpen-his use as soon asbut t h e bridgeat all hazards andvented fromwas well known entire command General Theodore S. Peck tion depended upon the burning of both these bridges; if either was leftundestroyed and the enemy permitted to cross, the chances were that whatwas left of the Union forces would be captured. Lieutenant Peck had made a despei-ate tight all the afternoon, and hadbeen the farthest out toward the enemy the entire time, holding them incheck until they had broken through the line on his left. At this time theUnion troops had mostly crossed the railroad and county bridges, and wererapidly falling back down the county road toward Beaufort, while lieutenantPecks rear guard was hotly engaged with the Confederates who were closeat his heels. He had sent a noncommissioned officer to the bridge to see if everything. pany H, 9th Vermont Vol-continually pressed backeleven different stands be-port River, over whichone a railroad bridge, and county bridge, locatedmile above the former,pressed so closely that therethe railroad bridge withLieutenant Peck, with histire the county bridge, andfind on the opposite sidethe biidge-head,cavalry, withtine and tar forhe had crossed,must be burnedthe enemy pre-crossing, for itthroughout thethat their salva- was in readiness to fire the same after he had crossed it. The sexgeant had 874 THE STORY OF just Ieported that there was no tar, no turpentine, and no cavalry; in fact,there was nothing—all had tied. Lieutenant Peck, leaving one half of his menwith their officers fighting the enemy, with the other half ran down the hill tothe bridge, determined to destroy the same if possible. Finding that someof the
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