. 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 . ringing about the hnal victory. At the close of the second days battleColonel Veazey was appointed division fieldofficer of the day, and during that memorable night had charge of the picketline, which was posted from the village of Gettysburg to the left towardRound Top, directly across the field where Sickles and Hood had fought. On the last day of the conflict the 16th Vermont occupied a position infront of the left center, where they r
. 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 . ringing about the hnal victory. At the close of the second days battleColonel Veazey was appointed division fieldofficer of the day, and during that memorable night had charge of the picketline, which was posted from the village of Gettysburg to the left towardRound Top, directly across the field where Sickles and Hood had fought. On the last day of the conflict the 16th Vermont occupied a position infront of the left center, where they received the first shock of Pickettscharge. It was under fire of the Vermonters that the Confederate column deployedto the left. Then it was that Stannard threw the 13th and 16th Vermontupon Picketts flank, crushing the column and forcing them to retire. It was after this charge that the colonel received permission of his chiefto disregard a previous order, and execute his own plan, which was to reformhis line with a change of front, and charge back over four hundred yards ofspace, where the air was thick with Ijullets and .shells. He struck the enemy,. Colonel H. G. Veazky. AMERICAN HEROISM. 325 swept down his line, captnnng regiment after regiment, stand after stand ofcolors, until the whole line had disappeared, and the battle of Gettysburg wasvictoriously closed by the sons of Vermont amid the thundering plaudits ofthe veterans of the Army of the Potomac. In addition to his prisoners he brought back the Hags of the 2nd Floridaand 8th Virginia regiments, receiving therefor the medal of honor. Colonel Veazey was broken in health ere the term of his enlistment hadexpired, and he returned to Vermont in 1S63. to resume the practice of hisprofession at Rutland, Vt., where he remained until October, 1879. From 1864 to 1872, by virtue of eight consecutive elections, he served asreporter of the Supreme Court, and in this capacity prepared nine volumes ofthe Vermont Eeports. In 1872 a
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