. 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 . avy revolvers, giving us twO hundred shots,without cessation; but these we held in reserve to avoid alarming tlie othercamp, some two miles away, or to be used in case of absolute necessity. It was soon made evident that the camp was surprised, and that theirhrearms were unloaded. A brief and very exciting hand-to-hand encounterensued, and in their great confusion some few of their number ran up to usgrasping us by the legs and claiming u
. 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 . avy revolvers, giving us twO hundred shots,without cessation; but these we held in reserve to avoid alarming tlie othercamp, some two miles away, or to be used in case of absolute necessity. It was soon made evident that the camp was surprised, and that theirhrearms were unloaded. A brief and very exciting hand-to-hand encounterensued, and in their great confusion some few of their number ran up to usgrasping us by the legs and claiming us as their prisoners. To such daringand undignified assaults and claims we simply responded politely by tapjiiugthem on the top of their heads with the revohers which we held in ourhands, felling several of the rudest of them to the ground, the effect of whichcaused them to loosen their grasp upon our exposed extremities. After thusdealing with them for but a moment. T demanded the surrender of the camp onthe condition of the sjjaring of their lives, which demand Lieutenant-ColonelJohn A. Gibson. Major B. F. Eakle and Captain W. A. Lackey of tlie 14th. AMERICAN HEROISM. 189 Regiment Virginia Cavalry, promptly accepted, and .surrendered thecommand to me without reservation. Thus I captured the camp of the 14th Virginia Cavalry, five hundredstrong, in the Sinking Creek Valley, in Greenbrier County. withLieutenant Davidson and twenty men, at noon on the 2()th of November,1862. without the loss of a life or the tiring of a gun or revoher. Colonel Paxton did not reach the camp until after the surrender hadbeen made, at which time the other portion of the 14th Virginia Cavalry incamp at Williamsburg, came over to a point within respectful but safedistance, to take a look at us. Seeing Colonel Paxton. with the regimentcoming to our support, they concluded that discretion was the better part ofvalor, and hastily withdrew toward Lewislmrg. Thus the organization of the 14th Virginia
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