. 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 . ounds ; of the huge scaffold on the outskirts of Atlanta where our friendshad been hanged and where it had been said we should share the same of a sudden attack in which a bullet would have been more merciful thanman. At the end of a quarter of a century after this exploit, it is argued bycommanders who use their pens as valiantly as they did their swords, thatthe so called Mitchel Raid would have been of but little importance had
. 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 . ounds ; of the huge scaffold on the outskirts of Atlanta where our friendshad been hanged and where it had been said we should share the same of a sudden attack in which a bullet would have been more merciful thanman. At the end of a quarter of a century after this exploit, it is argued bycommanders who use their pens as valiantly as they did their swords, thatthe so called Mitchel Raid would have been of but little importance had itsucceeded. It is not the province of this work to discuss that question, since it wouldbe fruitless. That which did not occur should not be argued upon, because it isimpossible to do so without changing all other existing circumstances. That which was done should be given full mede of praise, and those whoreceived the congressional medal of honor for special service under GeneralMitchel are worthy of the honor Congress has bestowed upon them, sincethey followed even to death the man under whose command their own com-manding oflBcer had placed AMERICAN HEROISM. 87 CHAPTER IX. From Private to Colonel — Lieutenant-Colonel ,T. N. Coyne — A Personal Struggle — TheBattered AVatch — H. M. Munsell, 99th Pennsylvania Volunteers—A Mid-night Charge — Hiding in a Shell-Hole— Promotion and Reward. FROM PRIVATE TO COLONEL. WHEN the wai- broke out. Colonel Coyne, then in his twentiethyear, was a member of the staff of the (oiiricr and was born in New York city, but at that time resided in JerseyCity. Learning that the 7th Regiment National Guards, was going to therelief of Washington, he enlisted in Company G, serving with it in theDistrict of Columbia and Virginia. Returning to New York, he beganrecruiting volunteers, and, becoming dissatisfled with this inactivity, enlistedin Company B, 1st Regiment, of the Excelsior Brigade, commanded by DanielE. Sickle
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