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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 37: the Wilderness Campaign. (search)
Edward Johnson and Brigadier General George H. Stewart, over thirty stands of colors and 18 cannon. Sergeant Charles B. Brown, of Co. G, bearing the regimental colors, was struck by the fragments of a shell which burst near him. His right leg was taken almost off by the explosion, and his left leg was badly mangled. Just as the Wilderness Campaign had opened, Sergeant Brown had received from Major General Butler an appointment as First Lieutenant in the General's department, dated April 26, 1864. Without seeking leave or orders to report under that appointment he had put the document in his pocket and entered the hard fighting. Immediately after being wounded, he drew from his pocket his unused commission as Lieutenant, now stained with his blood, and a likeness of his betrothed, and told his comrades to send these home with the news of his death. He lay upon the battlefield over an hour and then was driven three miles in an ambulance to the field hospital where he died ear