. 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 . er, acting with theArmy of the Tennessee on the left, moved forward from the entrenchments in front ofChattanooga, to the assault on Missionary Ridge. General Grant and his staff, surroundedby the generals of the Western armv. looked on from Orchard Knob, a commanding elevation AMERICAN HEROISM. 35] WT^~~^~ ~~r~^T1u^f- n the rear. The history of the splendidcharge has been rend and re-read by thepeople of the civilized world, and fair-min
. 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 . er, acting with theArmy of the Tennessee on the left, moved forward from the entrenchments in front ofChattanooga, to the assault on Missionary Ridge. General Grant and his staff, surroundedby the generals of the Western armv. looked on from Orchard Knob, a commanding elevation AMERICAN HEROISM. 35] WT^~~^~ ~~r~^T1u^f- n the rear. The history of the splendidcharge has been rend and re-read by thepeople of the civilized world, and fair-minded men a*ccord to the officers andmen of the line the honor of the captureof Missionary Ridge. No general gavedie command to carry the works at thesummit; the orders only compassed thetaking of the line of breastworks at thebase of the ridge. After the enemy had been quicklydislodged from this position the soldierswith singular unanimity decided to finishthe job and Missionary Ridge was standards of theUnion waxed along theentire line from Lookoutto Tunnel Hill before thesun sank to rest that even-ing. The Confederateline was pierced at six. different points atthe same momentamong the first tothe line was the 15th OhioVolunteers, one companyof which. A. was recruitednt Xiw Concord. Mus-kingum County. CaptainJ. C. (ummins. its com-mander, was mortallywounded at the crest of the ridge, anddied the following February. One of themembers of the company. R. 15. Brown,now the business manager of the CourierCompany, captured the colors of the 9thMississippi Infantry by leaping oyer thebreastworks, and delivered the flag to hisbrigade commander, the late GeneralAugust Willich, that night. •• The fact of the capture of the flagwas noted by Colonel Cyrus Askew, commanding theregiment, but comrade Brown remained in ignorance ofthis mention by his regimental commander until re-cently. Now, more than a quarter of a century after Climbing Missionary Ridgk. 352 THE STORY OF the
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