. 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 . s alone, orwith Imt one comrade, for hisduty as a general rule was to■ -^- obtain information of the ene- TiiE Scorr in the Union Camp. ^y^ and no danger, no risk. ever deterred him from the accomplishment of his ol)ject. Once, when outwith l)ut one companion, near the lines of the enemy, they laid down at nightin the woods with a blanket over them. The man of whom 1 am speaking wasaroused by a pull of the blanket and a voice exclaiming,
. 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 . s alone, orwith Imt one comrade, for hisduty as a general rule was to■ -^- obtain information of the ene- TiiE Scorr in the Union Camp. ^y^ and no danger, no risk. ever deterred him from the accomplishment of his ol)ject. Once, when outwith l)ut one companion, near the lines of the enemy, they laid down at nightin the woods with a blanket over them. The man of whom 1 am speaking wasaroused by a pull of the blanket and a voice exclaiming, Get up. JohnnyRebs. we have got you. He pulled the blanket up over his head, nudged hiscompanion in an effort to wake him. and drew his pistol as the blanket wasjerked off of them. There were three Federal soldiers standing over them, andone had liis riHc with the bayonet pointing at the sleeping man. The instantthe l)laiikct was withdrawn, the scout shot tlie man who held the ritle. and ashe fell his bayonet passed through the heart of the other scout, while two quickshots from the revolver of the living man killed both of the other AMERICAN HEROISM. 611 On aiiotlaer occasion, he dressed as an old countrywoman, i^rocuredan old cart and sold vegetables for three days in the midst of, and to theFederal army, and came away bringing, besides valuable information, theheadquarters flag of the general commanding. Many more interesting incidents could be cited of him, but the foregoingare sufhcient to show how daring and skillful he was, and it is only necessaryto say, in order to prove how high his reputation was, that he possessed thefull confidence of General Lee, who constantly entrusted to him the mostdelicate and important duties. There was another man whose career was as remarkable as that of anyone in the army, to whose intelligence, skill and courage our commandinggenerals were greatly indebted, for he constantly secured important informa-tion hj the most e
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