. 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 . General John Sedgwick. 540 THE STORY OF up the clods of earth with my hands had my head and part of my body soonunder cover. It was my first experience as a sharpshooter, and the mosttrying ordeal I had ever passed through. Night brought us only relief fromthe suns rays, but no relief from the sharpshooters, whose deadly aim thedarkness seemed to assist. Our suffering all day was intense, the water in ourcanteens was actually hot as the s
. 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 . General John Sedgwick. 540 THE STORY OF up the clods of earth with my hands had my head and part of my body soonunder cover. It was my first experience as a sharpshooter, and the mosttrying ordeal I had ever passed through. Night brought us only relief fromthe suns rays, but no relief from the sharpshooters, whose deadly aim thedarkness seemed to assist. Our suffering all day was intense, the water in ourcanteens was actually hot as the sun poured down its relentless or twice some friendly clouds rode over the sky and spared us a momentsscorching. We should have bribed them to stand still were such a thingpossible. The engagement here was known as the battle of Alsops farm, and thisgap during the morning of the 9th of May proved to be a very paradise ofsharpshooters and the most dangerous point on our whole line. It was fromthis point that our dear old General Sedgwick was killed by a sharpshooterwhilst superintending the posting of a section of artillery belonging to the1st
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