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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
pace. The survivors, being exposed on all sides to the projectiles of both friends and foes, throw themselves flat upon the ground, and remain in that position for several hours, almost motionless side by side. One man only among the Federals, Sergeant Griffith, Joseph E. Griffith, company I, Twenty-second Iowa infantry. For his gallantry he was promoted by Grant to a first lieutenancy. Soon afterward he received an appointment to the West Point Academy, from which he was graduated June 17, 1867, and appointed to the engineer corps.—Ed. found the means of making his escape by jumping the parapet; and he had even the good luck of taking several prisoners with him. The two other brigades of Smith and Carr have been held in reserve. Their commanders, Burbridge and Benton, lead them to the relief of their comrades: they are decimated in their turn while traversing the valley, but they do not allow themselves to be checked by their losses nor by the sight of the dead and wounded