. 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 . 20 354 THE STORY OF ••Althoui)-h suffering from the terriljly destructive iire to wliieh they were subjected,they (the Confederates) soon reached the outer brink of the ditch. There could be no pauseat that point, and leaping into the ditch in such numbers as nearly to fill it. they endeavoredto scale the walls. Having no scaling ladders, a portion of the men. scrambling over theshoulders of their comrades, planted the battle flags of the
. 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 . 20 354 THE STORY OF ••Althoui)-h suffering from the terriljly destructive iire to wliieh they were subjected,they (the Confederates) soon reached the outer brink of the ditch. There could be no pauseat that point, and leaping into the ditch in such numbers as nearly to fill it. they endeavoredto scale the walls. Having no scaling ladders, a portion of the men. scrambling over theshoulders of their comrades, planted the battle flags of the 13th and 17th Mississippi and the 16th Georgia upon the parapet, and every man whorallied to them was either killed or captured, and theflags were taken. Speaking of this action. Mr. Manning says: When we got near the bastion of the fortwhere tlie ,sault had been the hereest, I dis-covered a color-sergeant about to tear his flagfrom the staff. After a short struggle with him, threat-ening to use my bayonet if he resisted, hegave U15 to me the flagand staff. While we were in theditch we were exposed toa raking lire from theenemy, who had fallen.
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