. 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 . eutenantDavidson, the former to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and the latter to 1stlieutenant in their regiment. The achievements of the Sinking Creek Valley raid by a mere handful ofmen at noonday, far in the heart of the enemys country, requiring acontinuous forced march in the saddle of thirty-six hours from the Unionlines to the enemys camp, under the most unfavorable conditions of theweather and roads and season of the year, is but
. 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 . eutenantDavidson, the former to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and the latter to 1stlieutenant in their regiment. The achievements of the Sinking Creek Valley raid by a mere handful ofmen at noonday, far in the heart of the enemys country, requiring acontinuous forced march in the saddle of thirty-six hours from the Unionlines to the enemys camp, under the most unfavorable conditions of theweather and roads and season of the year, is but an additional and strikingillustration of what a few brave, loyal and determined men can accomplish. My first years experience, inspirations and impressions in the war of1861 to 1S65 for the Union, with the volunteer soldiers, shaped my conductduring my entire term of service as commander of a company, regiment,brigade and division, making it possible for me to believe that possilile successwas ever attainable at the will of the commander. This fact was fullydemonstrated by General Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley campaign. /,. h#f*V t4> 4 \ i ..;. -■TrE-tr 192 IllK STOKV OF CHAPTKK XXII. TiiK Motive AND Feeling of the Private Soldier — The Memento — Woinded in Battle — Cap-tain E. J. Merrill — Field SrRGERV — The Forgotten Lemon—HospitalExperiences — An Angelic Vision — The Woman with aBottle — The lioxc, Long Days. peeijINGs in battle. Jcdsen Spofford. As to the feelings of soldiers when going into their first l)attle. I haveno donbt there is just as great a variety of feeling on that line asthere is in most other things. There is, however, a great diffeiencebetween true bravery and recklessness. Of true bravery, pridecomposes the greater part. No truly brave man goes into battle just for thefun of it. No well-balanced man will walk into the very jaws of death if itwould be just as well for him to walk the other way. Therefore we are boundto the conclu
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