. 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 . move on,was out of my line. It was reversing things too entirely for my immediatecomprehension. But I soon Ievolved in my mind the fact that he was a Johnny, whosecommand was nothing to me, and that we wanted him. I thereupon madea statement to the effect that I belonged to the Federal cavalry, and againordered them to halt. What? came from the ambulance, Are you a Yank? AMERICAN HEROISM. 393 I answered that I belonged to the 1st Vermont
. 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 . move on,was out of my line. It was reversing things too entirely for my immediatecomprehension. But I soon Ievolved in my mind the fact that he was a Johnny, whosecommand was nothing to me, and that we wanted him. I thereupon madea statement to the effect that I belonged to the Federal cavalry, and againordered them to halt. What? came from the ambulance, Are you a Yank? AMERICAN HEROISM. 393 I answered that I belonged to the 1st Vermont Cavalry, and my ques-tioner (a major on Kamseurs staff) seemed to possess a sufficient knowledgeof the geography of his country to understand that several people answeringto the name of Yankee hailed from that locality. The conference was brief, and ended in the ambulance turning aroundand starting back toward Cedar Creek and Winchester. On the way back I met General Wells, who advised me to take themto General Custers headquarters, as General Ramseur had previously re-quested; Custer and • ^>R a m s e u r h a V i n gbeen classmates atWest The Taking of General Ramseuk. In due time, I, in person, turned ^^n^^ over to General Cus-ter Major-(ieneral Ramseur, a Confederate major and the driver. The Hag wasfound in the aml)ulance. after the latter had been placed with the othercaptured property. Pardon me if I add that, if there was any credit in theperformance it was due entirely to my horse. 394 THE STORY OF CHAPTER XLIV. The Battle op Spottsylvania — Wm. W. Noyes, 2nd Vermont Infantry — Standing on the Breastworks — Albert Marsh, 64th New York Infantry — Capture of a Flag — F. A. Bishop, 57x11 Pennsylvania Infantry — The Night in Front of THE Angle — J. H. Weeks, 152nd New York Infantry — The Felled Trees — The Capture op the Works. A centratetl THE BATTLE OP SPOTTSYLVANIA. S evidence of the fierceness of the battle of Spottsylvania the followingit
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