Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . Short Biographies. 481 Speaking of his war record, the New York Herald of July27, 1861, says : Conspicuous among the heroes of the recent battles stands Captain Jack Wildeyof the First Regiment of Fire Zouaves. In the midst of the battle-field the stalwartform of Jack Wildey could at all times be found at the head of his comrades, andfighting with a desperation that made the enemy quail before him, giving hope andcourage to his brave comrades. At the fight at Bull Run, when the flag of the glori-ou
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . Short Biographies. 481 Speaking of his war record, the New York Herald of July27, 1861, says : Conspicuous among the heroes of the recent battles stands Captain Jack Wildeyof the First Regiment of Fire Zouaves. In the midst of the battle-field the stalwartform of Jack Wildey could at all times be found at the head of his comrades, andfighting with a desperation that made the enemy quail before him, giving hope andcourage to his brave comrades. At the fight at Bull Run, when the flag of the glori-ous Sixty-ninth Regiment was wrested from them by a superior force of the enemy,Jack Wildey rushed forward at the head of his brave men, and after a bloody contest,in which he killed two men,— one a rebel officer, whose sword he took from him as atrophy,— recaptured the flag, and after marching four miles he restored it to the gal-lant corps from whom it had been taken. George R. Conner was born in New York City, October 31,1831. I joined the New York Volunteer Fire Department in theyear 1
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