Chapter I: Front Matter

Brave Deeds of Union Soldiers

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 peace with honor, but never in peace at the price of righteousness and whose own life has been full of deeds of physical and moral courage, this book of brave deeds is dedicated._

Foreword

In these days when even our skies are shadowed by wars and rumors of wars, it is fitting to remember what men and women and children of our blood have done in the past. In this chronicle have been included not alone the great deeds of great men, but also the brave deeds of commonplace people. May the tale of their every-day heroism be an inspiration to each one of us to do our best endeavor when we find ourselves in the crisis-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

XI. RUNNING THE GAUNTLET 213

XII. FORGOTTEN HEROES 229

XIII. THE THREE HUNDRED WHO SAVED AN ARMY 253

XIV. THE RESCUE OF THE SCOUTS 273

XV. THE BOY-GENERAL 311

XVI. MEDAL-OF-HONOR MEN 325

Illustrations

Sergeant Hunter Charging the Confederates _Frontispiece_

Libby Prison _Facing page_ 24

Captain Bailey and Midshipman Read Facing the New Orleans Mob " " 46

Sheridan Hurrying to Rally his Men " " 136

The Battle of Gettysburg " " 174

Corporal Pike " " 190

In the Woods Near Chancellorsville " " 264

Attacking the Inner Traverses of Fort Fisher " " 320