Sergeant Hunter Charging the Confederates
By
SAMUEL SCOVILLE, Jr.
PHILADELPHIA
GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1915, by
George W. Jacobs & Company
Published November, 1915
All rights reserved
Printed in U.S.A.
To Theodore Roosevelt
Commissioner, Governor, Colonel and President, who believes in peacewith honor, but never in peace at the price of righteousness and whoseown life has been full of deeds of physical and moral courage, thisbook of brave deeds is dedicated.
Foreword
In these days when even our skies are shadowedby wars and rumors of wars, it is fitting to rememberwhat men and women and children ofour blood have done in the past. In this chroniclehave been included not alone the great deeds ofgreat men, but also the brave deeds of commonplacepeople. May the tale of their every-dayheroism be an inspiration to each one of us to doour best endeavor when we find ourselves in thecrisis-times of life.
Contents
I. | The Bare Brigade | 11 |
II. | The Escape from Libby Prison | 19 |
III. | Two Against a City | 39 |
IV. | Boy Heroes | 51 |
V. | The Charge of Zagonyi | 79 |
VI. | The Locomotive Chase | 95 |
VII. | Sheridan's Ride | 121 |
VIII. | The Bloody Angle | 141 |
IX. | Heroes of Gettysburg | 163 |
X. | The Lone Scout | 185 |