. 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 . arded for their services. Thanks for the report which thesefour scouts made. General Hooker massedhis artillery at this point, and was thusenabled to do terrible execution onJacksons corps when it made its des-perate but unsuccessful attack. Sergeant, afterward Captain. Bran-nigan resides in Washington. Gotlieb Luty writes as if he was yet hale and hearty, and is living atEmsworth, Pa., now only fifty-one years old. Joseph Gion died Janua
. 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 . arded for their services. Thanks for the report which thesefour scouts made. General Hooker massedhis artillery at this point, and was thusenabled to do terrible execution onJacksons corps when it made its des-perate but unsuccessful attack. Sergeant, afterward Captain. Bran-nigan resides in Washington. Gotlieb Luty writes as if he was yet hale and hearty, and is living atEmsworth, Pa., now only fifty-one years old. Joseph Gion died January 16. 1888, in Pittsburg, Pa., and Dr. James of that city, who was interested in the old gentleman, writes: I was acquainted with Mr. (lion for many years before his death ; talkedwith him about the war, and learned that he had been awarded a medal fora certain act of bravery. He was a German, and it was difficult to under-stand him. but I made this out: That with some others he had been sentas skirmisher, and before aware of the fact, they were right aiming theConfederates. Their getting back to our lines was looked upon as a great A. H—14. General Stonewall Jackson. 252 THE STORY OF act of skill and bravery, for which they were voted a medal, and all receivedit except him. His had failed to come, and he could not tell the reason. Iwas at that time frequently writing to Major J. F. Turner at Washingtonand in one of my letters mentioned this medal of which the old man major began a search, and strangely enough, found it. This was only afew years ago, so the old mans medal remained all those years at one of thedepartments, very likely because he did not know how to set about getting it. MAJOR E. W. HARRINGTON. 2nd Vermont Infantry. Ephraim W. Harrington was born at Waterford, Vt., in 1833. In April,1861, he enlisted as private in the 2nd Vermont Infantry, and at the expirationof his first term of service reenlisted as a veteran. During his experience as a so
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