. 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 . ortunity of tif^htino- tlic encin\s ii]fanti\outside of its fortiiications. In the same article (ieneral Porter, describingthat portion of the engagement where the troops,struggling through the dense undergrowth andover marshy ground fell back in confusion, andwere rallied by Sheridan himself, states : •• Sheridan now rushed into the midst of the brokenlines, and called out: • Where is my battle flag? Asthe sergeant who carried it rode up
. 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 . ortunity of tif^htino- tlic encin\s ii]fanti\outside of its fortiiications. In the same article (ieneral Porter, describingthat portion of the engagement where the troops,struggling through the dense undergrowth andover marshy ground fell back in confusion, andwere rallied by Sheridan himself, states : •• Sheridan now rushed into the midst of the brokenlines, and called out: • Where is my battle flag? Asthe sergeant who carried it rode up Sheridan seizedthe crimson and white standard, waved it above hishead, cheered on the men. and made heroic efTortsto close up the ranks. Bullets were humming likea swarm of bees. One pierced the battle flaij,another killed the sergeant who had carried wounded Captain A. J. McGonnisjle inthe side, others struck two or tliree of the staff-otlicershorses. All this time Sheridan was dashing from one [loint ofthe line to another, waving his flag, shaking his fist, encouraging,threatening, praying, swearing, the very incarnation of General Gouverneur K. Warren. General Grant in his Personal Memoirs. writes : It was dusk when our troojis under Sheridan went over the parapet ofenemy. The two armies were mingled together there for a time in such manner that it thewas 602 THE STORY OF almost a question which one was going to demand a surrender of the other. Soon,however, the enemy broke and ran in every direction ; some six thousand prisoners,besides artillery and small arms in large quantities, fell into our hands. The flying troopswere pursued in different directions, the cavalry and Fifth Corps under Sheridan pursuing the larger body GenerCivil War Generalrouted with a which moved northwest. in Scribners ■Campaigns of the success was complete. Pickett had beenaccording to the reports of the Fifth Corps and Cav-alry, of not less than four thousand fivelundr
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