. 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 . etachedthe enemy, and that heThis statement wasat the time doubted, be-cause, unless the Uniontroops had been de-feated it was impossiblefor the enemy to be onthe line of communica-tion. However, anotherstaff officer volunteeredto go, saying that if hewas not back l)y mid-night, they might con-sider him captured. Thelast - mentioned officernot only communicatedwithout interference,l)ut returned about thetime specified with thenews of the
. 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 . etachedthe enemy, and that heThis statement wasat the time doubted, be-cause, unless the Uniontroops had been de-feated it was impossiblefor the enemy to be onthe line of communica-tion. However, anotherstaff officer volunteeredto go, saying that if hewas not back l)y mid-night, they might con-sider him captured. Thelast - mentioned officernot only communicatedwithout interference,l)ut returned about thetime specified with thenews of the gloriousvictory of Five Forks;and on the .strength ofthat information thegeneral assault was made upon the Petersburg lines the following morningat daylight, which resulted in the fall of bMcliiiioiid nnd Ictcisburg. andeventually the surrender of General Lees ai-my. Upon investigation, the orderly who accompanied tlu lirst-mentionedofficer stated that he had seen nothing of the enemy (not knowing whatreport his officer had made) and luid lieard no shots fired, and the was forced to iidmit that he was too iiuich frighttMied to jtroceed. TiiK News of Five Forks. AMERICAN HEROISM. 147 further than he did. It is needless to say that he was never again intrustedwith an important commission, and was quietly dropped from the staff ashort time afterward. All men admit, if they speak truthfully, that the time when troops aretaking position preparatory to battle — when a few shells are bursting aboutand the advanced sharpshooters are picking oil a man here and there — is themost trying to overcome, and four-tifths of the men would act cowardly wereit not for the moral courage which sustains them until the excitement ofactual conflict begins. It is during this trying period that men withoutmoral courage run away or surreptitiously drop out of the ranks and greater the intelligence and the more elevated the character of theindividual, the more he can be relied
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