. 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 . at the battle ofOak Grove, June 18, 1862. Dillon was one of the first to step to the front. Theycharged across an open field, the cannon and musketry of the enemy mowingthem down, but those who reached the works, among them Dillon, scaledthe banks, bristling with bayonets, over and into the works, where adesperate struggle took place, crowned with success for the storming party. 106 THE STORY OF At the battle on the 25th of June, on tlie
. 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 . at the battle ofOak Grove, June 18, 1862. Dillon was one of the first to step to the front. Theycharged across an open field, the cannon and musketry of the enemy mowingthem down, but those who reached the works, among them Dillon, scaledthe banks, bristling with bayonets, over and into the works, where adesperate struggle took place, crowned with success for the storming party. 106 THE STORY OF At the battle on the 25th of June, on tlie first day of the seven daysdesperate fighting in front of Fair Oalvs. while there was a lull in front ofthe 2nd New Hampshire Volunteers, it is related that young Dillon pei-formedan act that exhibited his coolness as well as his disregard of the perils towhich he, without orders, exposed himself. He crawled on his hands andknees through the grass and among the bushes in advance of the line into the enemys camp, overheardthe details of the plans whichLongstreet had determineduiion. safely returned and com-municated to General Hookerhad overheard, and. \^^ Listening to the Plans of the Enemy. thereby enabled Hooker to rearrange his forces so as to repulse the the second battle of Bull Run, after passing through one of the mostdesperate bayonet charges of the war, Dillon and a handful of comradesfought their way back, step by step, showing great heroism, and on reachingan open field attempted to form a new line. The enemy, seeing theirnumbers to be small, chai-ged them, and when within about a hundred feetDillon shot the color-bearer of the 49th Georgia. Dillon di-opped at thesame time, shot through the lungs, the bullet passing through his body andbreaking three ribs. He participated in thirteen other general engagementsand as many skirmishes, serving two years and two months after being shotthrough the lungs. LIEUTENANT PKEDEKICK K. JACKSON. Ttii Connkctictt Ixpanthy.
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