. 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 . later the enemy came outof the woods at double quick in five lines of battle. No sooner had the fifthline reached the open than the (lieorgia brigade l)egan the battle, which wascontinued by the Alabama men with a right fiank volley of both musketryand artillery. AMERICAN HEROISM. 413 This caused the fiist line of the enemy to halt, waver, and then fall backon the second column, which very soon mingled with the third, fourth andfifth. Two
. 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 . later the enemy came outof the woods at double quick in five lines of battle. No sooner had the fifthline reached the open than the (lieorgia brigade l)egan the battle, which wascontinued by the Alabama men with a right fiank volley of both musketryand artillery. AMERICAN HEROISM. 413 This caused the fiist line of the enemy to halt, waver, and then fall backon the second column, which very soon mingled with the third, fourth andfifth. Two or three more volleys were fired from the Confederate lines, whenthe Federals beat a hasty retreat to the woods. We had hardly formed for a general action when the woods in our frontappeared to be full of blue coats. The Federals advanced without any capson their guns, and not a shot had come from the Union lines, save from a six-gun battery, which was bursting shells high over our heads and in our artillery was not idle, but, firing double-shotted canister from the tworifled guns, and at a distance of a hundred yards was cutting wide swaths. Down at the Battle of Cold Harbor. through their lines at every discharge, literally mowing them down by thedozens, while legs, arms, heads, and muskets were seen flying high in the airat every discharge. But we were opposing a determined and gallant foe. The wide lanesmade in their columns were quickly closed, while on. on they came, swayingfirst to the right and then to the left like great waves of the sea. until oneupheaval from the rear would follow another, hurrying them nearer andnearer each moment to the murderous fire from our works. There was aravine with a marsh in General Andersons front, and just at the edge of thewoods. Here the enemy would surge to the right to obtain shelter from my 414 THE STORY OF nieu. only to be raked by the artillery and the leaden hail from Andersonsbrigade. At this point the dead were piled
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