The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-15
MEDAL OF HONOR MN
Three Other Soldiers Are SAID
t. Have Won the Medals.
Tho Corporal Who, sinsie-Har ie''
Captured SIX Hundred Rebels,
Deserved Ono.

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70 ths Editor: n affecsrs Issue % y9ar
NJ ner. In speaking or mecai y 49,
Won b. the recruiting serseant 80 !.
In this city. you stated tnat on zen
them had been Issued. book nss 80.
r.,hjsshed entitled, The Brayesl f-se
Hundred." which gives the names OF oser
"a man who have won this medst' -
. d..cripfiou OF how many OF then ga
tina ust includes at leagf three 5 NJ
hsrs a. The Grand Army OF the kep io'le
~ this state One OF them Il Fasl ~ =. =
ment Commander C. n Hoiton, 81 : ~
Yaksuaa: another II A. Z. HaSn %
Bremerton. member OF Stevens ~ =,
Lsve sesn su6ther medal In the ban ; OF
rrmrade. but cannot now recall ais
name. an r,es-
lsv rfrbf. Camrade Haynes was c4iisi
,,pon 70 narrats how he won the 10 aal'
6rienv told. hts story was about as l9i-
iews: e.. =,
at vas IT Sailors creek on the 81 o.
Aprl. 1854, at the last pitched battus ot
the Army Of the Potomac. ! was q. aaa1
eir.s 4 corporal IN Company II. sessn-
sssr,h Maine infa siry. which was part
~ The 0eceEd diylsvon OF Hancock's SCI
"ws we're formed in line Of battle be-
hsnd 4 fsnce near the village, and we're
airing Al the foe in mont. There w
rebel battery on our r.vht front ana iaer
infaatry was Ranking w ON the lefi aen
the order came TO charge. Inc nor
commanding our regimenS was pasihf 81
tention v our left hank. svnscn ssshep 20
order to advance. but SCENE TO be iit-
inr for some one to lead. Fin.Shy. Jn pp-
"a over the fence and started Tor me
front. the soldiers following. ~ the 80
1 had ret acme ahead Of the line "Aen me
major rode up and In seeming anger ed
out, corporal. fall back In line. 1 an
lead this regiment !,
I'VE advanced 10 the edge OF the VI
lase. close up to the Confederate liat OK
bsttje saw the rebel colors. and so:
Boys. let's get those coiors when We
charge again They said: An right 20
ahead and We will follow When tne
order came to charge again. SAN 70 1ie
on boys and we started. Before We Faa
eons very far I heard some ore shon' .9s
from behind: Come back. Haynes; me
regiment has gone the other way: you
VII be killed or captured
"OE looking over my $40 vder ] saw he
rehcl hattie line not sixty feet away Thy
were In a sunken road and had not ~
them before. I thought II sure Death 70
retreat, 10 threw my gun over the stoifa
fence and Jumped over myself. BY The
time I had picked up my gun ! heard
cheering from the direction l had COZ &c.
and, supposing the regiment was toil6 ~
Ing up on charge, J rushed througt
gate right on to the rebel front and &C.
manded them TO surrender. The comm ~
DER reached out his cap on the point OF his
sword from behind tie edge OF a huildi <,
but took no heed OF thA. hut ran for the
colors. Before / reached them the cor
bearer threw them al me. ] tore the 8 ig
from the standard and wrapped u arou "a
my body BY this time the Cecifedera IS
had thrown down their arms and a doz n
Or more Of them were on their knees At
my feet crying out for me TO SAFE the u.
: 4 remained thvre. the only FederG sold sr
In sight, till the second line OF hatfle came
UP. some minutes afterwards. when / sf,if1-
Cd them over tthere were about dp OF
them) 10 Massachusetts regiment The
commanding officer ordered me 10 turn tho
nag over to him. but I said. No; you can
have tho prisoners. but l viii Keep tho
nag
II finally found my regiment and was
given leHe 10 march at Will. Soon was
sent TO Washington CITY and presented the
nag In person 10 Secretary Stanton. The
great war secretary took me hy the hand
and sad: In the name OF the president
ana the people OF the United States |
thank you He gave me q thirty DAYS
furlough and afterward sent me metal
Of honor"
Ccmrade HAYNES was called upon unex-
pectedly. and this was his plain unvtr-
nished story. II seems like tale Of A.
ton that one man alone could capture a
nag and $40 men: ana the fact that halh
u and the Confedera,es supposed there
was q charging force right behinf. while
II may account for the readiness o. the
surrender. does notsdesfact from the hera.a
courage Of Cumrads Haynes, and his
honor were fairly won
Comrade Hayaes has been employed ut
the Port Orchard dry dock FOR the past
two years. One OF his daughters. Miss
ssdis / Haynes. has been the veiy efficient
hle clerk al the county clerks office for
tho past six years. NJ NJ HOLMES
II does seem '1lke tale OF fiction, ina,
one man alone could capture a fias and 500
men," bur II Comrude Hayres was
there al the time he must he held
10 he competent witness and. consider.
Ing the magnitude OF the result achieved
cy his heroism, he tells the story veig
modss'iy indeed But whom Mr. Holmes
makes the statement that the rost-Intali
kenrer Was wrong In stating that only 10
medals Of honor had been issued he should
quote some official authority. Nom. ~ n,
Grand Army men seen yesterday hat
heard OF the hook entitled "rhe Rravost
FIVE Hundred" Sergt. Schou said some
one purporiing 10 he the prospective auh.
Usher or some such book wrote 20 him
Tor ms record in issS. and he sent Il huf
sent no subscription and heard no more
about It.
II Mr.. Holmes WA refer 10 ''The Army
Eerlster' FOR lSee no will nnd that f,ef
az nave been awarded the medal Of hor,~
shu no more. and there Is no ncsslb
way OF questioning the accurac, of this
fst Neither Of the brave copra.ias ~
rames Is TO be found on This roll ~ haacr
rnere S ar additional Nst ~ ner VII,
nave been swsrded cerflncates ~ ,,er,,
Inc n'ii IN regard 10 this vas raced
MaMh y. loe and reads: sThat xhoe
any enlisted man shah have iis,invuislei
l1eh IN the service. the president may
nc recommendation Of the commando,
e'ne.r ~ ire regimen, or the chief NJ ..orrs
70 winch such ealis.ed man Ne,ones xr,st
nm eesiincaie ~ merit" rrlar to mi.
ausnanieh' non-cor mlssloned cesi,.,r,
e.s'uaes from the benefits az his
'aM ~ 70 certificates Of merit
There Rave been exactly ,vr.,t,. 49,.
or those certificates ~ mo-, 49,,
the name Of neither NJ ne hr,y, -
is. V'''''S - round Oh taat
Mr. Holmes mus, h,va ,,,,., 49,. q,
nNefhment medal % honor rr,t.t.
V.he' Win the more de-ora,fve -,.t,t.
non'r generally " rnll ,-sse-,,, =,
'kNshef men,herS az tha d, a ~.
os's or that nrgan'rattnn ~
cps wears ono as these A. 60.
"'"'"s ANA ts proud ~ ~