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Page 527 - Jetersville) to strike his flank, followed by the 6th corps, while the 2d and 5th corps pressed hard after, forcing him to abandon several hundred wagons and several pieces of artillery. General Ord advanced from Burkesville...
Page 532 - Theodore Read, to reach and destroy the bridges. This advance met the head of Lee's column near Farmville, which it heroically attacked, and detained until General Read was killed, and his small force overpowered. This caused a delay in the enemy's movements, and enabled General Ord to get well up with the remainder of his force, on meeting which the enemy immediately intrenched himself.
Page 10 - Remained upon the field in command of a section of Griffin's Battery, directing its fire after being severely wounded and refusing to leave the field until too weak to sit upon the caisson where he had been placed by men of his command.
Page 473 - ... struggle and heavy loss was compelled to withdraw. A foothold having been secured on the parapet troops were sent to re-enforce the advanced lines, and slowly but irresistibly the rebels were driven from one position after the other. Hand-to-hand fighting of the most desperate character took place, the huge traverses of the land face being used successively by the enemy as breastworks, over the tops of which the contending parties fired in each others
Page 422 - I achieved a signal victory over the army of General Early at Fisher's Hill to-day. I found the rebel army posted with its right resting on the north fork of the Shenandoah, and extending across the Strasburg Valley westward to North Mountain, occupying a position which appeared almost impregnable. After a great deal of...
Page 38 - Federal artillery. . % After an action of about one hour's duration the enemy retired. He made another unsuccessful attack at midnight, with regiments of Mississippi and Louisiana infantry, and after a short engagement disappeared. Signal lights continued to be seen in every direction.
Page 224 - July 3, 1863, is particularly worthy of mention. He was in command of the Second Brigade of the Second Division of the Second Corps, and had been with the color guard of the Seventy-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, of whom every man was wounded or killed. General Webb left the...
Page 461 - ... in view of the strong position we held, and reasoning from the former course of the rebels during this campaign, nothing appeared so improbable as that they would assault. I felt so confident in this belief that I did not leave General Sehofield's headquarters until the firing commenced.
Page 38 - The scene at this time was very impressive. The night was intensely dark ; the hills around were alive with the signal lights of the enemy ; the rain descended in torrents ; vivid flashes of lightning illumined at intervals the...
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| Title | Deeds of valor: how America's heroes won the Medal of Honor Deeds of Valor: How America's Heroes Won the Medal of Honor, Walter Frederick Beyer Volume 1 of Deeds of Valor: How America's Heroes Won the Medal of Honor; Personal Reminiscences and Records of Officers and Enlisted Men who Were Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for Most Conspicuous Acts of Bravery in Battle. Combined with an Abridged History of Our Country's Wars, Walter Frederick Beyer |
| Editors | Walter Frederick Beyer, Oscar Frederick Keydel |
| Publisher | Perrien-Keydel co., 1901 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jul 31, 2007 |
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