. 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 . nt action which won for him the medalof honor. It was hardly possible to see the enemy, ow-ing to the thick undergrowth and to manyof the Federal troops it was as if eachman was fighting on his own account, ^,the question of advance or retreat beingdecided as seemed to him individually - best. Now half concealed by the bushes, andnow advancing into the open, only to be drivenback as the Confederates gained a glimpse ofhim and made a savag
. 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 . nt action which won for him the medalof honor. It was hardly possible to see the enemy, ow-ing to the thick undergrowth and to manyof the Federal troops it was as if eachman was fighting on his own account, ^,the question of advance or retreat beingdecided as seemed to him individually - best. Now half concealed by the bushes, andnow advancing into the open, only to be drivenback as the Confederates gained a glimpse ofhim and made a savage onslaught, Kejnpfought with desperate, dogged persistency, heeding the danger sufficiently toprotect his body from the Confederate bullets as far as was possible, andscorning safety when he fancied he saw an opportunity of recovering a fewyards of that hotly contested ground. His companion on his right suddenly plunged forward with a bulletthrough his head. The man on his left had screened himself by the trunk ofa sapling, and was bandaging a gaping wound in his leg with a strip tornfrom his shirt. Kemp was comparatively alone. His gun having become. \ General James A. Loxostreet.
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