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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 12 2 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: October 15, 1861., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: October 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], A brilliant skirmish. (search)
ntry. Although every one displayed all the qualities of the soldier, a few instances of cool daring may be mentioned. Private Harrison, after killing his man, and finding his carbine unfit for further use, seized the man's musket and dashed alone in the midst of the enemy, receiving a shot through his jacket. Private William Pannell, to obtain a better sight of the enemy, and to shoot with greater accuracy, leaped upon the fence in the most dangerous of the conflict. Private Wiley Williams, expecting to be ordered on a farther pursuit, while the balls were flying thick around him, deliberately dismounted and nailed a shoe on his horse. Private W. G. Berhard, by great presence of mind, by quickly inclining his head side-ways, saved his life, receiving a slight abrasion of the skin, on his neck, from a ball shot by a man, whom he instantly shot down. Sergeant Wm. Powell, Privates Willis Otey and James P. Lovell had their horses shot — Powell's dangerously. Ser