History of the Flag of the United States of America And of the Naval And Yacht
History of the Flag of the United States of America And of the Naval And Yacht
George Henry Preble
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" In less than two hours every room was full of sick soldiers, and Mrs. W. Was politely re- quested to take care of them. An Indiana regiment, attacked by a whole brigade in one of the battles in Mississippi, was unable to stand such great odds, and was compelled to fall back thirty or forty yards, leaving their flag in the hands of the enemy. Suddenly a tall Irishman, a private in the color company, rushed from the ranks across the vacant ground, attacked the squad of rebels who had possession... of the flag, and with his clubbed musket felled several to the ground, snatched the flag from them, and returned safely back to his regiment. His captain made the daring fellow a sergeant on the spot. " Say no more about it, Captain, " said the hero, " I dropped my whiskey flask among the reb- els, and fetched that back, and I thought I might just as well bring the flag along too I " A few days after the fearful scene of butchery at Fort Pillow (April 14, 1864), it was relieved by the play of nobler sentiments, and by the presence and heroic words of a brave, though heart-broken woman.
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