. 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 . off Federal Point on the morning of the13th of January, and, after one days desperate lighting, it was captni-ed. No medals were given the soldiers at this engagement, although therewere many acts of personal heroism, but the blue jackets and marines, whobore tlie brunt of the first assault, had distributed among them quite anumber of these precious bits of bronze. There were medal winners on the powder-boat, the Ticonde-roga, the Minneso
. 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 . off Federal Point on the morning of the13th of January, and, after one days desperate lighting, it was captni-ed. No medals were given the soldiers at this engagement, although therewere many acts of personal heroism, but the blue jackets and marines, whobore tlie brunt of the first assault, had distributed among them quite anumber of these precious bits of bronze. There were medal winners on the powder-boat, the Ticonde-roga, the Minnesota, thePontoosuc. the New Iron-sides, the Wabash, the San-tiago de Cuba, the RhodeIsland, the Monadnock. theSeneca and the Susque-hanna. For the list ofmedal winners see the ap-pendix to this volume. WILLIAM SHIPMAN. William Shipman,cockswain of the U. S. , was espe-cially commended for hisconduct at the time of theexplosion of the one hun-dred-pounder Parrott captain of a gun nearthe bursted one. and, seeingthe effect of the explosionon those around him, he atonce encouraged them by exclaiming, Go ahead, boys. This is only the. The Bursting op the Gun. fortunes of war. RKHAIJI) B1M)I:K. Richard Binder, now residing in Ihiladclphia, was boin in (ieimauy in1839. July 11, 18G1, he enlisted at Philadrl|ihia in the Tnited Slates .MarineCorps, as a private, stating to the recruiting officer that he was a nativeof that State. He was promoted successively to coi-poral and sergeant,and served continuously for four years. He participated in the Ioi-t Koyal AMERICAN HEROISM. 731 expedition. November. 1861; the expedition against Fort Clinch, Florida, andin both expeditions against Fort Fisher. He was awarded a medal of honor for gallant conduct as captain of agun on board the U. S. S. Ticonderoga. and further galhmtry at Fort Fisher,where he had been selected as a sharpshooter under the command of Lieu-tenant Williams. He was the only one to remain with that ofiice
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