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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative, Preliminary narrative. (search)
so unbearable, and appealed so powerfully to the sympathy of their comrades, that many lives were risked and some lost in the attempt to alleviate the thirst, at least, of these unfortunates. Two men, quite of their own accord, took a stretcher and tried to reach the point where Gen. H. E. Paine lay, but the attempt was unsuccessful and cost both of them their lives. These heroes were E. P. Woods of Co. E of the 8th New Hampshire and John Williams of Co. D, 31st Mass. Not less nobly, Patrick H. Cohen, a private soldier of the 133d New York, himself lying wounded on the crest, cut a canteen from the body of a dead comrade and, by lengthening the strap, succeeded in tossing it within reach of his commander; this probably preserved Paine's life, for unquestionably many of the more seriously hurt perished from the heat and from thirst on that fatal day. On June 15, 1863, after the formidable repulse which had occurred, General Banks issued an order congratulating his troops and call