. 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 . g in the pit, and they were told to come in. They did—eleven hundredand one — like swallows out of a chimney, and many of them were killed bythe fire of their own guns as they passed to our rear. We killed and captured over five thousand of the enemy in the affair. The charge of the Virginia brigade was never surpassed in any war, andthat of the Alabama brigade was splendid, too. General Beauregard threw 450 THE STORY OF up his hat ^vhe^
. 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 . g in the pit, and they were told to come in. They did—eleven hundredand one — like swallows out of a chimney, and many of them were killed bythe fire of their own guns as they passed to our rear. We killed and captured over five thousand of the enemy in the affair. The charge of the Virginia brigade was never surpassed in any war, andthat of the Alabama brigade was splendid, too. General Beauregard threw 450 THE STORY OF up his hat ^vhe^ he saw the Virginia brigade make its charge. Both he andGeneral R. E. Lee were upon the ground. General Lee sent down to me anote in his own hand, in words thanking me and the brave troops under mycommand for saving his army, and it is true tliat their work did save thearmy of Northern Virginia that day. We had to march about two miles from where the brigades were in thetrenches to the crater. The charge of the Virginia brigade was made about nine a. and thatof the Alabama brigade at one oclock. My commission as major-generalwas made that AMERICAN HEROISM. 451 CHAPTER LI. The Story of the Mine at — The Origin op the Mine Idea — The Work — How it Was Done and Who Did It — A Change of Plan — The Explosion and First Charge — The Monuments of the Colored Soldiers — In the Crater — The Surrender — Prisoners and Their Treatment at Petersburg — Losses — The Field Revisited. By LIEUTENANT FREEMAN S. BOWLEY. 30th United States Colored Troops. *T^HE Battle of the Mine, at Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864, was one of I the most desperate, disastrous aud bloody of the many attempts made I to break the Confederate lines at that historic town. It has been often referred to by writers as a gigantic fiasco, a huge blunder, and a tragedy. The officers have been charged with incompetency, and the troops with cowardice. It was my fortune to witness th
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