. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . mortally wounded; then CaptainPerry took the colors from Corporal Davis only a few feetfrom where he was, and as the captain was passing Graves hewas shot and fell upon or across him as he lay; then Gravestook the colors and held them up with his left hand, the staffresting upon the ground. Perry was then unconscious fromthe shock and loss of blood, having been wounded in theshoulder and upper portion of the chest. Lieutenant Gravesforced stimulants into his mouth, turned h
. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . mortally wounded; then CaptainPerry took the colors from Corporal Davis only a few feetfrom where he was, and as the captain was passing Graves hewas shot and fell upon or across him as he lay; then Gravestook the colors and held them up with his left hand, the staffresting upon the ground. Perry was then unconscious fromthe shock and loss of blood, having been wounded in theshoulder and upper portion of the chest. Lieutenant Gravesforced stimulants into his mouth, turned him upon his backand lowered his head. Soon the captain recovered conscious-ness, looked about wildly, saying, Why do nt they mindthe watch-word, they are firing on each other. Then be-coming unconscious stimulants were again administered, andPerry again revived for a few moments. He looked up,recognized Graves and called out, Hello, Lieutenant, is thisyou? How goes the battle? Graves replied, I think itis going against us. The regiment is all cut to pieces. Cap-tain Murray and Captain Moore are dead and lie just in. CAPT. A. J. HO ITT, FIFTH REdlMEXr. N. H. V. BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG. i6i the rear; Major Sturtevant, Lieutenants Little and Ballouare in front of us, all dead or mortall3 wounded; ColonelCross and Adjutant Dodd are near us, and a score or moremen, all severelj- and man}- mortall} wounded. Then Cap-tain Perrj, evidently failing, said, This is my last day; Icannot live, but I would liked to have lived long enough tohave seen the battle go in our favor. Becoming unconsciousagain stimulants were administered, and the captain againrallied. He then said, I did hope to live to go home andsee vay darling wife and child, but I cannot. If jou live toget out of this write them or tell them I died a true soldierwith my face to the enemy, fighting for my country Thenhe again became unconscious, but soon rallied a little. Allthis time it was evident that the end was near; the a
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