. 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 . senior officers pennant from the Paunee as division commander, andBrigadier-General George H. Gordon commanded a division of the left ofGillmores army cociperating with the naval force in Stono River. A smalloutpost of about one hundred men from Schiinmolfennings brigade,Gordons division, occupied a little village on the right bank of Stono Riverabout four miles from Stono Inlet where the army transports and other AMERICAN HEROISM. 721 ve
. 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 . senior officers pennant from the Paunee as division commander, andBrigadier-General George H. Gordon commanded a division of the left ofGillmores army cociperating with the naval force in Stono River. A smalloutpost of about one hundred men from Schiinmolfennings brigade,Gordons division, occupied a little village on the right bank of Stono Riverabout four miles from Stono Inlet where the army transports and other AMERICAN HEROISM. 721 vessels lay at anchor. The Marlileheads station was a little aboveLegareville and she was anchored in mid stream. Just before daylight of Christmas, 1S63, an attack in force was made onthe Marblehead by artillery and infantry under the command of General DelKemper of General Wises division, C. S. A. Del Kemper had gained consider-able celebrity as an artillery officer in the first battle of Bull Run and GeneralBeauregard had selected him for this service hoping to repeat the successthe year before when the U. S. steanT gunboat Isaac Smith, a much larger. The Masked Battery Opening on the Marblehead. vessel than the Marblehead, was captured on this same Stono River and takenthrough Wappoo Creek to Charleston. The attack on the Marblehead was well planned, earthworks containingeight-inch cannon had been liuilt in the woods near the village, the workbeing done at night by large gangs of slaves, and when all was ready for theattack the trees that hid the earthworks from view were quickly felled by alarge gang of negroes, and a vigorous and deadly fire opened on the little gun-boat at a range never exceeding one thousand yards. The Marblehead was not only short of men at the time but was par-tially disabled, one of her boilers being under repair. The odds were most 722 THE STORY OF formidable and the surprise complete. For it was quite dark when the battlecommenced and the sailors had
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