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Identifier: deedsofvalorhowa02beye (find matches)
Title: Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Beyer, Walter F Keydel, Oscar F. (Oscar Frederick), b. 1871
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Perrien-Keydel Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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bend above the town, as CommodorePorter was at Baton Rouge with a force of gunboats. The land forces of the enemyattacked General Williams at 4 oclock in the morning, and were repulsed as soon asPorters gunboats could shell them from the river. While leading his men General Williams was shot through the heart. The gun-boats, in order to reach the enemy, had to fire over the town, their shots beingdirected by a signal officer stationed on top of the State House. As soon as the enemy were driven off, Commander Porter, with the Essex, Cayugaand Sumter, started up the river to look after the Arkansas, which had not madeher appearance below in consequence of an injury to one of her engines. As soon as Porter got sight of her he opened fire with incendiary shells, and intwenty minutes she was discovered to be in flames. The crew backed her ashore andgot a line out, which soon burnt off, and she swung into the river, where she con-tinued to burn until she blew up with a tremendous explosion.
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>-< X t- o Li. HOXCO I-tn — 35 — A DARING RECONNOISSANCE THE operations of the North Atlantic Squadron during the summer of 1862 werelimited to small expeditions up the sounds and rivers around Pamlico andAlbema.rle Sounds. Some of these exploits, although not productive of importantstrategical results, were severe tests of the endurance, the skill and courage of thosewho participated in them, officers and men sharing the hardships alike. One of themost ambitious, daring and energetic of the younger officers in the squadron was Lieu-tenant C. W. Flusser, the captain of the steamer Commodore Perry. He simplyenjoyed hazardous enterprises which, mostly without a prospect for reward or evenrecognition, offered pretty good chances for losing ones life or getting wounded. Ofthis kind was the reconnoissance which he undertook on the 9th of July, 1862, fromPlymouth, N. C. On this vessel, the Commodore Perry, he had a captain of theNinth New York Volunteers, Hammell, and twenty of hi

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