. 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 . d at me, cutting my coat and^ shirt, and giazing the skin under myright arm. I stopped to load my gun. and whiledoing so came to the conclusion that itwasnt safe to stay there alone, whenonly about five rods separated me fromthe squad, so I did my level best to getunder cover of the wall. Once there. Iwas at a loss to decide what would be the next best move. To beat aretreat now would simply be to invite death, for the Confederates eviden
. 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 . d at me, cutting my coat and^ shirt, and giazing the skin under myright arm. I stopped to load my gun. and whiledoing so came to the conclusion that itwasnt safe to stay there alone, whenonly about five rods separated me fromthe squad, so I did my level best to getunder cover of the wall. Once there. Iwas at a loss to decide what would be the next best move. To beat aretreat now would simply be to invite death, for the Confederates evidentlythought there weie more behind me, otherwise they never would have runfrom one man, and it seemed as if my wisest course was to let them con-tinue in the same train of thought. T made a sudden dash over the wall, and landed in the road in tlie midst of fourteen members of the Kith (ieorgia ii(»ginient, one of whom was the color-sergeant, and seeing the flag I made up my mind to get it if possible. T ordered tliem to surrender as ])()ldly as if the entire division was at my back, and after some little hesitation, induced by my threats of what might. mA ^^ •>K Jamks AMERICAN HEROISM. 139 happen, they complied. 1 took the colors from the sergeant, ordered the mento stack their arms, hang the cartridge boxes on the guns, and you can fancyI got between them and the weapons without loss of time. 1 was having quite an interesting conversation with them when my colonelrode up the road, for I had gained a position far in advance of the regiment,and I told him he had better take charge of the prisoners; lint he ordered meto hold on until he sent a detachment to carry them to the Iear. In a few moments 1 was relieved of what might have proved a trouble-some charge if they had taken it into their heads to overpower me beforethe colonel came, and, retaining the colors, proceeded up the mountain. On reaching the summit 1 rejoined my company and reported to thecaptain, sh
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