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L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, Conduct of the colored troops. (search)
ard no more, and their officers have fallen in the death struggle. Their color sergeant is severely wounded in the thigh, but falling upon his knees, he plants the flag upon the parapet, and lying down holds the staff firmly in his hands. Noble Carney! Half an hour the conflict has been raging, yet the storming column has been unable to capture the fort. The supporting column (of which the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts formed a part) comes up, and the battle rages more fiercely. What a work ofto drive the rebels from the fort, retire from Wagner, and pass out of range over the heaps of their dead comrades. For nearly three long hours they have fought and fought in vain; Wagner cannot be carried by assault. As our forces retire, Sergeant Carney, who has kept the colors of his regiment flying upon the parapet of Wagner during the entire conflict, is seen creeping along on one knee, still holding up the flag, and only yielding his sacred trust upon finding an officer of his regiment.