. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . HEROIC CONDUCT OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MORRISON, SEVENTY - NINTH NEW YORK.(HIGHLANDERS), ON _1UE PARAPET OF THE TOWER BATTEBV, JAMES ISLAND. Of ssfully .armed garrison thonat tho fort, protectedas it was by heavyabatis behinu a ditcbfilled with sevenfeet of water, anda parapet fullysovon feot in height,For a time all
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . HEROIC CONDUCT OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MORRISON, SEVENTY - NINTH NEW YORK.(HIGHLANDERS), ON _1UE PARAPET OF THE TOWER BATTEBV, JAMES ISLAND. Of ssfully .armed garrison thonat tho fort, protectedas it was by heavyabatis behinu a ditcbfilled with sevenfeet of water, anda parapet fullysovon feot in height,For a time all fur-ther attempts tomove upon Charles-,on wero abandoned. H. W. BENHAJIL BoitS InConnerlicut; intorcd the Uuited Stii I id Military Ara-ileit-y nt West Point,Jury 1st, 1S« , first iu hisclass, exactly four year*tutor. Entered tl Mid lieu-t la the Corps oEEngineers, and waspromoted to bo a Orwlieutenant oa the July, 18S9. Promie39tol&H, he servedns supo rial ending en-gineer of tho repnlra ofFort Mnrion nod of the«u-wall at St- Ausor. the Lirge and well 3i*. fla. In t*« and 18M hawas engaged on tho repalra atthe defeated of Anna-olis Hi^lor, and in 11M5 tcurned iothe «ork on tho tea-wall atPi. Augustine, where ho re-mained till 1B«. During ■part o( IS45. however, he wasengaged on rrpain u FortJHluin. Ph., and nl ForiUcHenty, i In ring pan*of IStfl and 1847 tie worked onIbe repairs of Forts Madiaon andWashington, Md. In 1W7 nadand 1!*IS ho fought in ilio warwith Mexico, Ho wits cngngrdin tbc Initio of BtHoa Vista,February SSd und S8d, nn February 2a! «,*. br,-voted captain fur snUanl one1merilorlooi na-vlcea in thplbuttle. In ISMS anil llMO heWns en gaged ns usdslont CDgioeet iu tho repairs of tho of the barbor of Now York, und oti Mny 2-llh, promoted to iltu rank ofcaptain in tho Engineer Corp*.From 10-lil lu 1853 lie in iuso noritiIeuding engineer of tho ■ ■■ ( ■■■. ill fur Hie protection of Gre
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