. 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 . ion, however, was toget into the army, and when he wassixteen years and five months old heapplied to Lieutenant Plunimer of the8rd Artillery for permission to sign therolls, but the officer refused to take himwithout the consent of his parents. Through the connivance of a friendhe succeeded in gaining his mothers con-sent by representing that he had gotteninto some trouble which could only besettled by his going to war. Then, to hisgreat
. 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 . ion, however, was toget into the army, and when he wassixteen years and five months old heapplied to Lieutenant Plunimer of the8rd Artillery for permission to sign therolls, but the officer refused to take himwithout the consent of his parents. Through the connivance of a friendhe succeeded in gaining his mothers con-sent by representing that he had gotteninto some trouble which could only besettled by his going to war. Then, to hisgreat satisfaction, he was accepted bythe recruiting officer and sent to jointhe regiment at Fortress Monroe, wherethe command did garrison duty andguarded the telegraph cable runningfrom Newport News to Norfolk. April1,18()4, an order was issued which calledfor volunteers to form a new regimentof infantry. In response to this call, hewas one of the first out of six hundredto respond; was promoted to corporal,and afterwards to sergeant of Company I,188th Pennsylvania Volunteers. He wasnever al)sent from his regiment during an engagement, or even a skirmish,. Planting the First Flag on Fort Harrison. A-MERICAN HEROISM. 389 and on September 29, 1864, won the medal of honor by planting thetirst ti-dii on Fort Harrison. He himself writes very modestly: The medal was awarded me for planting the Stars and Stripes on FortHarrison, Va., on the morning of September 29, 1864. While charging on thefort, the color-bearer, William Sipe, was killed, and I, being one of thecolor-gnards, at once raised the flag from the ground and ran ahead ofthe column, jumped into the ditch, and by aid of the flagstaff and some of mycomrades pushing me. I mounted the fort where I planted the colors almostby the side of the Confederate flag. FRANKLIN JONDRO. IIStii New York Volunteer Infantry. Franklin Jondro. who now lives in Bay City, Mich., was liorn inVermont. He enlisted early in the 118th New York Infantry as
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