. 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 . antry, of (lenerai MoielFs l{i-igad(>. PortersDivision, was encamped on Miners Hill, Va., and was detailed for a two diiystour of picket duty. We relieved the old picket, which was ])osted on a linetwo miles out, and ran zig-zag across the front of the division and connected AMERICAN HEROISM. 97 with the pickets of the divisions on the right and left of us. After gettingcomfortably settled with the relief posted, the men not on post be
. 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 . antry, of (lenerai MoielFs l{i-igad(>. PortersDivision, was encamped on Miners Hill, Va., and was detailed for a two diiystour of picket duty. We relieved the old picket, which was ])osted on a linetwo miles out, and ran zig-zag across the front of the division and connected AMERICAN HEROISM. 97 with the pickets of the divisions on the right and left of us. After gettingcomfortably settled with the relief posted, the men not on post began tolook for chestnuts, there being plenty of those nut-bearing trees in thevicinity. The early frosts having caused the bui-s to open, the toothsomenuts were very tempting. They had, however, grown scarce, the troops whooccupied the ground before us having taken all that were in sight. I wasassigned to the third relief, and being the sergeant the boys urged me to get them permission toto the commandingline, who said,members of my re-bling around, and 1 go for nuts. I appliedofficer at the picketDont go far. Thelief were soon ram-am ong the rest was. /pni StS (.)risii)i.: Tiiio 1rKet Lixe. strolling through the woods, and without taking any particular notice ofwhere we were going, a member of my company and I found ourselves in therear of a house and out-buildings of a plantation, the occupants of whichseemed to be in a state of excitement. Curiosity prompted an investigation, by which we learned from an old uncle that quite a large squad of Confederate cavalry had just passed, andthat a large body of Union troops were concentrating in a piece of timber alittle further to the left. We also learned that we were outside of the picketline, and of course were liable to be picked up by the scouts of the enemy or A. H.—5 98 THE STORY OF shot do-svu on sight, as was the custom at tliat time. But as we had ourmuskets, w^e felt that if iu the timber or helds we could hold our o\\ u
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