. 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 . General Gouverneur K. Warren. General Grant in his Personal Memoirs. writes : It was dusk when our troojis under Sheridan went over the parapet ofenemy. The two armies were mingled together there for a time in such manner that it thewas 602 THE STORY OF almost a question which one was going to demand a surrender of the other. Soon,however, the enemy broke and ran in every direction ; some six thousand prisoners,besides artillery and small
. 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 . General Gouverneur K. Warren. General Grant in his Personal Memoirs. writes : It was dusk when our troojis under Sheridan went over the parapet ofenemy. The two armies were mingled together there for a time in such manner that it thewas 602 THE STORY OF almost a question which one was going to demand a surrender of the other. Soon,however, the enemy broke and ran in every direction ; some six thousand prisoners,besides artillery and small arms in large quantities, fell into our hands. The flying troopswere pursued in different directions, the cavalry and Fifth Corps under Sheridan pursuing the larger body GenerCivil War Generalrouted with a which moved northwest. in Scribners ■Campaigns of the success was complete. Pickett had beenaccording to the reports of the Fifth Corps and Cav-alry, of not less than four thousand fivelundred prisoners, thirteen colors, andsix guns. His killed and wounded didnot, probably, exceed those of oUsm V •*!; ^ I \ SnERiD.\N .\T FiVK Forks. General Gouverneur K. Warren was one of the coinnianders at FiveForks. In this y)attle fifteen soldiers won medals of honor. Their names appearin the official list. AMERICAN HEROISM 6U3 DANIEL EDWARDS. 146TI1 New York Infantry. Daniel Edwards, who was in the same regiment in w^hich GeneralGrindlay enlisted, and, consequently, participated in very nearly the sameengagements as the general, writes from Waterville, N. Y., as follows: I was bornin Wales. Great Britain, in 1S41, and came to this country atthe age of fourteen. In September, 1862, I enlisted at Waterville. N. Y., as private in the 14(3th New York Infantry, andremained with thatorganization until itwas mustered out July16, 1865. Our brigade wasknown as Sykes Regu-lars, composed of threeregiments of Zouaves,
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