Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sergeant Shelton” in chapter 12 of Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia:
...2 o'clock p. m. the flag halyards were cut, and the Confederate flag blew over into the fort.
Instantly Major Ramsay, Charleston battalion, Lieut. William E. Readick, Sixty-third Georgia artillery, Sergeant Shelton and Private Flinn, Charleston battalion, sprang forward and replaced it on the ramparts.
At 7:45 p. m. the assault was made by more than 6,000 Federals, who suffered a disastrous repulse, losing mo...
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