. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . OSCAR F. LONG. Secontl Lieutenant, 5tli U. S. Infantry-Highest rank attained: Major and Quarter-master, U. S. en X cro O OUj ;o < — 252 — ponies. While he was driving them back he encountered the Indians who madetheir escape from the camp and they made a vicious effort to regain possession of
. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . OSCAR F. LONG. Secontl Lieutenant, 5tli U. S. Infantry-Highest rank attained: Major and Quarter-master, U. S. en X cro O OUj ;o < — 252 — ponies. While he was driving them back he encountered the Indians who madetheir escape from the camp and they made a vicious effort to regain possession ofthe horses. In the sharp fight that followed Lieutenant McClernand successfullybeat oft the enemy and got his men and horses back to an opening in the hills insafety. By this time the troops had completely encircled the Indian camp, but it hadbeen done at awful cost. Captain Hale and Lieutenant Biddle of the SeventhCavalry were lifeless upon the ground; Captain E. S. Godfrey and Captain MylesMoylan, who had led their troops at full gallop against the Indians, were severelywounded; Assistant Adjutant-General George W. Baird was shot through the armand had one ear carried away while bringing orders to different parts of the battle-field. Four of the five officers of the Seventh Cavalry battalion had been killed orwounded in the first charge, and Lieutenant Henry Romeyn, of Company G, Fi
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