. 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 . iment,and I told him he had better take charge of the prisoners; lint he ordered meto hold on until he sent a detachment to carry them to the Iear. In a few moments 1 was relieved of what might have proved a trouble-some charge if they had taken it into their heads to overpower me beforethe colonel came, and, retaining the colors, proceeded up the mountain. On reaching the summit 1 rejoined my company and reported to thecaptain, showing t
. 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 . iment,and I told him he had better take charge of the prisoners; lint he ordered meto hold on until he sent a detachment to carry them to the Iear. In a few moments 1 was relieved of what might have proved a trouble-some charge if they had taken it into their heads to overpower me beforethe colonel came, and, retaining the colors, proceeded up the mountain. On reaching the summit 1 rejoined my company and reported to thecaptain, showing the flag as proof of what I had done. A detail was sent outfor my wounded comrade, and he was cared for as well as possible under thecircumstances. In this engagement my company lost one third of its members, and itwas a small party of us that marched to Antietam next day to take part inthat action. I did not think enough about the medal to make application for it untilsix months ago, and then I received it in due time. It only remains to add that I served in the military railroad service fromSeptember, 1863, until October 1, 1865, always at the 140 THE STORY OF CHAPTER XVI. A Morning Raid — The Forgotten Flag — LiEnTENANT-CoLONEL Wm. H. Powell, U. S. A.—The Ql-estion of Personal Courage — An Officer Who Was Brave in Battle AND Frightened In Darkness and Uncertainty. A WAR EPISODK IN A BORDER TOWN. By Wiley Britton. IN the action at Independence. Mo., on the 11th of August, 18(52, betweenthe Federal forces under Lieutenant-Colonel James T. Buel, SeventhMissouri Cavalry, and the Confederate forces under Colonel John and the guerrilla leader, William Quantrill. there was an act ofdeliberate bravery displayed by private William 0. Bulioe on the Federal side,that deserves mention and preserving in the depositary of individual acts ofheroism of the late War of the Rebellion. Jackson County, of which Independ-ence is the county-seat, had a rough section on the
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