. 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 . y army was passing beyondColumbia eastward, he with his little squadron met unexpectedly nearDarlington, S. C, a brigade (three or four regiments) of Confederates. Itwas during a dark night. He instantly attacked them without regard tonumbers and checked their march long enough to bring off his commandwith small loss. Sometime later in the campaign, in his bold scouting hewas twice1 cut off and captured by the enemy, but each time he mana
. 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 . y army was passing beyondColumbia eastward, he with his little squadron met unexpectedly nearDarlington, S. C, a brigade (three or four regiments) of Confederates. Itwas during a dark night. He instantly attacked them without regard tonumbers and checked their march long enough to bring off his commandwith small loss. Sometime later in the campaign, in his bold scouting hewas twice1 cut off and captured by the enemy, but each time he managed toescape. Once on a inarch he eluded his captors by springing away from the AMEKKAX 341 guard through the bushes and thickets; and the other time by creeping out;it night beneath the floor of an old guard-house. Stripped of his uniformand equipments he was in a sorry plight when he came back to me with agrievous story to tell of the hardships and ill-treatment that he had under-gone. Previous to these daring feats and during our Carolina campaign andmarch to the sea. when we came near the Savannah canal, in order to JWviaSSSsgSSff ^^T^^. Duncan and His Men on Their Way to the Fleet. connect with our anxious fleet below Savannah. I selected Captain Duncan,Sergeant Myron J. Amick. 15th Illinois, and Private Geo. W. Quimby ofa Wisconsin regiment, for the boldest enterprise of the campaign, namely, totake a canoe (an old dug-out), and to paddle down the Ogeechee River forsome fifteen or twenty miles, through the enemys lines, to pass the Ogeecheebridge, various rice plantations quite largely peopled, and on. if possible,past Fort McAllister, defended not only by its garrison but by a neighboringConfederate gunboat, The hairbreadth escapes of this party, and theadroitness and skill with which the whole journey was accomplished andconnection made with one of the tugs of our fleet stationed out in the offing,make an eventful tale hardly surpassed in romance. Here is wha
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