. 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 . ASTOR, LENOX ANDTILD ONS. HEROISM. 255 1 was colonel of the 05th New York Infantry, and in command ofthe 1st brigade, 3rd division, 5th corps, on the 3rd of May, 1863. I wasdirected to take two of my regiments and support a column of two otherregiments, which were to make the assault on Manes Heights, on theextreme right of the line. The assault was over a roadway leading out ofFredericksburg. In a few moments after the head 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 . ASTOR, LENOX ANDTILD ONS. HEROISM. 255 1 was colonel of the 05th New York Infantry, and in command ofthe 1st brigade, 3rd division, 5th corps, on the 3rd of May, 1863. I wasdirected to take two of my regiments and support a column of two otherregiments, which were to make the assault on Manes Heights, on theextreme right of the line. The assault was over a roadway leading out ofFredericksburg. In a few moments after the head of the assaulting columndebouched from the town the commanding officerwas killed, and his two regiments were unable toadvance. The head of my supporting column madean effort to forge ahead, but without much success,a ml, seeing this, I pushed forward with two a standard-bearer to my side, I rallied thetroops and took them up the hill, rapturing twoguns, an officer and a few men of the Washingtonbattery of artillery. Myself and one aid,St. John R. Johnson, of the 23rd Penn-sylvania Infantry, were the first mountedmen within the enemys General Alexander Shalee. CAPTAIN EDWARD BItOWNE. 62nd New York Infantry. Judge Browne, of New York, as ser-geant of Company (I of the 02nd New-York Volunteer Infantry, at Salem Churchor Heights, immediately after the battle ofChancellorsville won for himself a medalof honor under Fighting Joe Hooker. Sedgwick was in command of theSixth Corps. A third of Hookers forcewere men whose term of enlistment would soon expire. Hookers famousorder to Stoneham, his cavalry leader, seemed to inspire his every movement:Let your watchword be Fight,and let all your orders be Fight, and bear-in mind that celerity, audacity, and resolution are everything in war. To Sedgwick was assigned the duty of crossing, with the corps of Sicklesand Reynolds, below Fredericksburg, to make a vigorous demonstration todistract the attention of the enemy while t
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