. 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 . bardment. In the afternoon of the next day we steamed down the bay and came toanchor just east of Fort Sumter. Soon after a steamer, with her deckcrowded with Confederate officers, and our glorious star-spangled bannerwaving aloft, ran alongside and was made fast to us. An exchange of con-gratulations with our friends the enemy, who were of equal rank andnumbers with ourselves, followed, and then an exchange of boats. Among the many packa
. 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 . bardment. In the afternoon of the next day we steamed down the bay and came toanchor just east of Fort Sumter. Soon after a steamer, with her deckcrowded with Confederate officers, and our glorious star-spangled bannerwaving aloft, ran alongside and was made fast to us. An exchange of con-gratulations with our friends the enemy, who were of equal rank andnumbers with ourselves, followed, and then an exchange of boats. Among the many packages (the gifts of Union officers) that were trans-ferred to the Confederate steamer, 1 noticed some familiar looking ones,whose contents we supposed to be not necessarily dangerous. The Johnniesseemed to be as pleased as ourselves with their trade, and we knew that wehad made the best swap of the season. After a banquet on General Daniel E. Sickles flag ship, we steamed forHilton Head, and from thence to New York. On the expiration of my thirty days leave of absence. I was assigned tothe command of the 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps. Army of the 516 THE STORY OF CHAPTER LVII. Some Colored Medal Winners — Chaffins Farm, and the Honors Won There — Milton , 5th U. T.—The Charge at Petersburg — New Market Heights — GeneralButler on the Colored Soldiers — N. A. McKown, Same Regiment — Findingthe Lost Confederate Flag — Theodore Kramer, 188Tn Pennsyl-vania Infvntry— Twice Under Fire Before RegularEnlistment — C. A. Fleetwood, 4th U. S. C. T.—.1 kmes Bradbury, 1st New York Infantry. M ILTON M. HOLLAND, 5th United States Colored Troops, who isnow chief of the collection division of the Sixth Auditors office inWashington, was one of the few colored men in the army toreceive a medal of Holland distinguished himself before Petersburg, being in commandof the skirmish line when the outer works of the enemy were carried, June16, 1864, and
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