The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-05
MORE STORIES OF HEROISM.
u,rINBD FROM THE RECORDS IN
VIZ Tine WAR DEPARTMENT..
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from the 81. Louis Globe Democrat
u,sutyGroS, March 20.-The war records
W N,,nue TO reveal instances OF individual hero
""-nr,by Of mention, of which the following
arc atewi ,
-. hut none OF a higher order than Isaac
r..man. late corporal Of Company A, Forty
Ns-.,h ohio infantry Volunteers. When the
....nIns party from Blalr's division. led by
,.rIsr and Larandam, made tho first capture
-. confederate fort. tho flags Of the Sc senty-
..r.ntb Illinois and Forty. eighth Ohio were
nod upon the parapets, and hoated undis-
,.rrbed from 1880 in the morning until 4
'.a,ock in tho afternoon. when the Confeder-
.,s. massed and by a desperate charge retook
,hs,r ~position. The heroic deed of Carman Is
rnlated b, Capt. Posegate. who had command
=, Company A, one of the companies which
had fought its w~ay.into the fort. His nara
tive Is as follows!
.our brigade captured the fort in its front,
,oOe,her with quite q number Of prisoners. The
national colors OF the Forty-eighth Ohio and
The Seventy seventh Illinois were planted on
the fort, and a number of men were detailed
,o-remain there and throw up counter works In
tla rear, MY COuuphht hhltou vi tho ulLCn In
front Of the fort, between the two ~bastions,
and held that position for several hours. There
,eeming to DO q lack Of strengthen our part, no
further advance was attempted. In the after
noon. between 4 O'Clock and 8 O'Clock. the Con-
federate forces charged the works and captured
them, together with our mon who wero In the
fort and drove of those who were on tho es-
carpment. The charge was 30 sudden and fierce
that our own colors, together with those Of the
Seventy. seventh Illinois, were left in the fort,
and It seemed as though they were hopelessly
IN the hands Of the enemy. l was ordered TO
withdraw my company from the ditch, and
while preparing to do 30 Isaao N. Carman. who
was personally known TO me, reached my side
and informed me that he was determined to
rescue our colors. 1 bought such an attempt
hopeless, but made no objection. At this mo-
ment q fuse she'll thrown by the Confederates
came rolling down the eecarp into the ditch.
The fuse was rapidly burning, but Carman
seized the shell in his hands and hurled 1t be, *
into tho Confederate works, where IL exploded.
On the instant he assembled the escarpmcnt.
seized the coveted flag and commenced his de-
scent. I watched his effort with admiration
and anxiety. Just as he had reached the
abrupt d~eciivity into tho ditch whore. we were,
one Of my. men unfortunately changed his post
bayonet, infiictinx what was Thought at the
time to be q fatal wound. / thought at the
time and think now hat Carman's action was
the most gallant / witnessed during the war;"
the work being done by the battery of one Of
the Confederate forts at. Yicksurg. imme-
diately in front of him, ordered Gen. Smith to
they could command the fort and effectually
return the rebel fire. Gen. Smith went to sew
ssid e e w tni Sr ss impcs sqs the to 9 aecon ai%aF aSa
death for all who essayed 1t. Gen. Smith,
NOT liking to give a positive order. sent for Capt.
Captain" he said, III you can get. two guns
20 that hill we will have the fort in half an
II will try. General ~ answered White. He
went to his battery. told the men the work that
was before them. and Immediately set on foot
started up the hill. carrying their guns. One
g sas gums nna w sss, ss1us of * tSs a s msn fT wsre th Ril fsdt
CACHED % ths c aed e IL P ESe Si Mii IN saf asnS Goa fSe
II quickly, and the Captain himself di,
entered the. mouth Of a Confederate cannon,
which was Just ready to be discharged: and ex.
Ploded 4; This theory is due e the widespread
were blown into the air, the cotton
bales on top of the fort were set on fire. and
The fort rendered q complete wreck.
When Fort Sumter was almost. entirely cut
Of from the outer world many Of the wives of
ohACCIo W III q I'LL VI tIlc kuEElSDh WtTo
u Charleston. having been forced to go there
for projection. Among them was the wife Of
! i,sa Fede ASneE In the fSss Was b beso Goha!t s%srloG nt
were growing scarce. and matches and
had given out; The condition Of the
women. whose loved ones were penned up in
the fort; were naturally filled with anxiety and
not only showed the intensity of her de-
votion for her husband, but proved her to be a
with provisions. and in the dead Of night, and
Alone. rowed from Charleston to Sumter. The
dam, danger OF her being being fired on was great; but she
When she came within range Of the %sentries
Of the fort the cell rang out. "Who goes therer"
The reply in a woman's voice surprised the
aud several of.the guard were sent down
to receive her. On learning who IL was. and
the relief she brought, the FedeTals were
overwhelmed with admiration. and the atten-
lions she received from men and officers
to worship.
third New York Volunteers was a staff
officer. serving under Gen. Daniel E. Sickles,
to assist Gen. B1tterfield in a charge. 1t was
during this charge that the brigade of Coburn
began firing by mistake into the brigade com
dent Of the United States. 1t was due in a
great measure to Major Tremain's presence
fsd niRs S sas S SSHrags that lie q FPS san,c IA an f2oSt t af
Coburn's command. and Gen. Butterheld and
Gen. Sickles both testify that they saw him with
his sword knock down the guns of nearly all
the men In the front line OF one reRiment to
stop them firing. Major Tremain's gallantry
at Charlottesville. Fredericksburg, and Get
tysburg v as also conspicuous, and Gen. Sickles
says OF him In his reports that The Is worthy
Of the highest honor which the Government
can award"
Breyet Major-Gen. Alexander Stewart Webb
went into the war as Captain. and oil his pro-
motions were for gallantry on the field of bat
to-. He participated In seventeen different
actions, among them being Mechanicsvtlle, An
teIam. Chancellor sville, Gettysburg. Spottsyl'
vania, and the Wilderness. His conduct ats
Gettysbnrg Is particularly noteworthy for IL
daring and absolute fearle ssness. He was in
command of the Second Brigade of the Second
Division Of the Second Corps. He had been
With the color guard Of the Seventy seco nd
pennsylvania. Volunteers. OF whom every man
was either killed or wounded. Gen. Webb.
when he left the stricken guard, went across the
front Of the companies to the right OF the SIX
Y-hlnth Pennsylvania, all the way between
me lines, In order to direct the fire OF tho lat
yer regiment upon a company OF rebels who
nae, under the leadership Of Gen. Armistead,
sprung over the low stone wall behind which
they had been a~mbushed, and. were starting
i9r a charge. He brought on himself the fire
q the rebels, and received q wound in the groin.
ne remained in the saddle directing his men
ana holding them up TO their work untu more
man one-half were killed or wounded. Gen.
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