. 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 . I can remember, was as follows : General Meades compliments, and he directs that you move yourcorps forward and occupy these works. Little did I fancy what it would cost to obey this order, for I was stillunder the impression that the Sixth Corps were in our front. We were called to attention, and the command came to Forward! Guidecenter! March! Our division was in the second line of battle, following closely upon thefirst. We had not gon
. 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 . I can remember, was as follows : General Meades compliments, and he directs that you move yourcorps forward and occupy these works. Little did I fancy what it would cost to obey this order, for I was stillunder the impression that the Sixth Corps were in our front. We were called to attention, and the command came to Forward! Guidecenter! March! Our division was in the second line of battle, following closely upon thefirst. We had not gone very far before I heard firing from the skirmish lino:but could not see any objects in front, owing to the heavy fog. Then itwas I began to realize that we had something else to do besides cookingcoffee. We soon reached the open held with a gradual ascent, where had beenheavy timber that was felled with the tree tops toward us, and so closelypacked that the branches interlocked; the ends of the lioughs had beenshiirjioned. while wires were stretched along the foliage, niiiking it almostimpossible for a body of men to get through. Still beyond these. John H. Weeks. AMERICAN HEROISM. 401 obstructions were the enemys works, which consisted of a ditch six or eightfeet wide, and nearlj- as deep, with a row of shai-pened poles set in front ofit, the points about breast high, and placed two or three inches behind this excavation were the breastworks, formed by dirtthrown out of the ditch, making the distance from the bottom of theditch to the top of the works twelve to fourteen feet, without oppor-tunity for a foothold, and with the flower of the Confederate army behindthat. As soon as their skirmish line fell back they opened Are on us withmusketry and artillery. Thirty pieces, double-shotted with canister, hadbeen massed at this point, and. under such a Are as they dealt, by the timewe had passed the obstructions instead of being an army, we were simply ayelling
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