. 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 . his life before the distin-guished general, Anson G. McCook,in order that he might save him. Allthese things. ] think, are not half sogood as the single testimonial that Inow present to \ou. [The siieakerhere liekl aloft an arin\ belt buckle.]Vou will recognize licrr that whichwas worn ujion the belt of comradeSurles. at the batth of (hickamauga,and which shows that he was a goodcatcher on the fly. for in it you willsee sticking the Confe
. 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 . his life before the distin-guished general, Anson G. McCook,in order that he might save him. Allthese things. ] think, are not half sogood as the single testimonial that Inow present to \ou. [The siieakerhere liekl aloft an arin\ belt buckle.]Vou will recognize licrr that whichwas worn ujion the belt of comradeSurles. at the batth of (hickamauga,and which shows that he was a goodcatcher on the fly. for in it you willsee sticking the Confederate bulletthat didnt kill him. This is a testi-monial that he carried otf the was therefore, in this case, thatwhich we speak of now as if it weresomething new, ■ in it at that will pardon me. 1 was tryingto look up the origin of the expressionnot in it. I found it was not new;that about four hundred and fiftyyears before the <hrlstian era a dis-tinguished Grecian tragedian, E\iri-jiides, first gave us that expression inspeaking of a .soldier. He spoke ofcowards in battle, aufl said that cow-lint ill it. Comraile Surles was. anls did not countthere, and m it. ESOAIING WITH TMK )K>. in battle ; they were there, but MAJOK WIIjIjIAM II. POWIOLI-. 2n1> I,ova I, VlHOINIA , was Itoni in Soutli Wales in 1S2;V. five years later emigrated to America, ami when the war Itroke ont he was living inIronton, Ohio. AMEKieAN HEROISM. 183 August (51. he enlisted at Irontoii; but, as will be explained later, wasassigned to a Virginia regiment, serving successively in that organization ascaptain, major and lieutenant-colonel, and afterward commissioned brigadier-general and brevet major-general. During the war he participated in the following engagements: In three; in LS(J3, in one, where he was taken prisoner; in LS64, in sixty-fivehattles, great and small. It was for gallant conduct during the Sinking Creek
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