New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-07
To General Daniel f. Sickles,
For Calamity at Gettysburg, Penn,
July ., 1868.

General sickes was withstanding the advance
of the Confederates under General Longstreet,
| in the last day of the battle. when piece Of
shell struck him in the right leg He did not
realize ii until his bootleg had filled with blood,
whereupon he was placed on a stretcher Mean
time the word had gone up and down the line
that the commander dead. and many of
the troops began to fall back. For the purpose
| of checking a decentralization which might, in
few moments. develop into utter rout,
General Sickles commanded that he be borne
along the line, exposed TO the enemys fire. To
| further reassure his that he still alive,
he sat up and smoked a cigar.
THAT cigar did the business was the gen.
erals remark. when he was informed an hour
later that his troops had pushed ahead vic
toriousy
DR.. George w. Brush, of Brooklyn, who was
commander of the legion two years ago. won
his medal for bravery oyster bed. 1t was
on the shore of the Ashepoo River, in South
Carolina, where river steamer with five hun
dred Union men aboard went aground under
the CALLING fire of some Confederate batteries
Although he not ordered to do so, Major
Brush took charge of rowboat with which he
ferried the men out of danger It took twenty
trips to get the men off of the boat. Several men
were killed who sat Major Brush in the
boat, but he stuck il out until all were out of
danger from the enemy's fire.
Lieutenant Walter Thorn, of Brooklyn. Won
his medal by dashng to the top of a mined en-
bankment, although beneath him enough
powder to annihilate him. and the fuse
already fire. 1t New Years Day,
1866, at the Dutch Gap Canal, Virginia. The
troops had been withdrawn from the bulkhead
and the fuse lighted before it realized that
the pickets had been left behind unwarned. The
only way to alarm the pickets was to leap over
the bulkhead. Without waiting for orders
Thorn climbed the embankment, and with the
fire of the enemy centred him, he down
the other side, shouted few words of warning
to the half bewidered pckets, and then leaped
back to where his comrades were watching him.
A moment afterward the >, 400 pounds of powder
in the bulkhead exploded
Colonel Louis P. di Cesnola. director of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, his medal by
gallant action at Aide Va June IL, 1863.
He was colonel of the 4th NewYork Cavalry,
when it fell back from the Confederate force,
after the first attack. Although he had been
placed under arrest, and his arms taken from
him he went back into the fight with great
vigor. A comrade presented him with sword,
and he kept up the unequal conflict at the head
of his regiment until he endorsed. He had
received two sabre cuts, gunshot wound, and
was then SO weak from loss of blood and the
struggle that he was finally taken prisoner
He was confined in Libby Prison until nine
months later.
General Horatio c. King, Of Brooklyn,
achieved the distinction of wearing the Medal
of Honor by voluntarily accompanying his di-
vision commander under fire, although his
post was out of danger in the quartermasters
department. At such time, at the battle OF
Five Forks, he sent to bring up a reserve