. 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 . Stopping the Last Movement of ConfederateTeoops. the battlefield, I opened my Bible at the91st Psalm, and as I read it God seemed to give me a new lease of life, andan assurance that I should see home once more, and He made it 646 THE STORY OF Each of my three wounds at Gettysburg came very near being fatal; twoon my head, and the other on my right hip. The first two were from piecesof the same shell. THE SURRENDER OP GENER
. 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 . Stopping the Last Movement of ConfederateTeoops. the battlefield, I opened my Bible at the91st Psalm, and as I read it God seemed to give me a new lease of life, andan assurance that I should see home once more, and He made it 646 THE STORY OF Each of my three wounds at Gettysburg came very near being fatal; twoon my head, and the other on my right hip. The first two were from piecesof the same shell. THE SURRENDER OP GENERAL LEE. By Key. James A. Wester. I can never forget the surrender. It is burnt into my memory, andcannot be effaced. The brigade to which I belonged (Lanes, North Carolina, B**f. After the Surrender. formerly Branchs) was double-quicking into action when the commandHalt rang out suddenly and sharply along the line. In a few momentsthe report that General Lee had surrendered spread rapidly among the was like a thunderbolt from a clear sky. Few believed it, and most of usdenounced it as infamously false. -X- * * * * * * * During the day many Union soldiers came over to see the old Confeds,as they familiarly called us. We naturally inquired why they did not AMERICAN HEROISM. 647 celebrate their victory. General Grant has forbidden it, said they, theorders are very strict, and we do not feel like treading on a fallen foe. Itsall over now. Lets forget the past and be friends again. And then theyopened their haversacks and divided their rations with us with a good willand heartiness that it was impossible to mistake. Not a few of them, indeed,
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